On Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs Committee adopted, by 54 votes in favour, 17 against, and with 5 abstentions, a report assessing the latest developments in Ukraine and its progress on reforms relating to its EU membership application process.

In the text, MEPs reaffirm that nothing about Ukraine should be decided without Ukraine when it comes to ending Russia’s war of aggression, and nothing should be decided about Europe without Europe, as any agreement will have profound implications for European security. To this end, they call on the Commission and EU countries to explore the possibility of appointing a high-level European negotiator with a clearly defined mandate to represent the EU in diplomatic talks.

They also denounce the United States’ position of making US security guarantees for Ukraine conditional on the latter’s withdrawal from the Donbas region, insisting instead that Ukraine must be provided with credible security guarantees, including by EU countries…