Petro Poroshenko comments on the European Parliament elections
Source: Petro Poroshenko on Pryamyi TV channel
The former president of Ukraine and leader of the ‘European Solidarity’ party Petro Poroshenko stated that the results of the elections to the European Parliament became a defeat for Putin and a victory for pro-Ukrainian forces.
Poroshenko sincerely congratulated the European People’s Party on its victory.
According to the former president, Putin hoped that Europe got tired of Ukraine and that the populists would be able to get a victory.
‘This did not happen and the European People’s Party increased its number of members of parliament,’ Poroshenko stated.
He also emphasized that pro-Ukrainian and pro-European forces won the victory. In particular, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is already conducting negotiations so that a pro-European and pro-Ukrainian coalition of social democrats and liberals is formed in the European Parliament.
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