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BRUSSELS, March 29 () –
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, highlighted this Wednesday the “unprecedented step” of the International Criminal Court in issuing an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which means that now the world is “smaller” for the president, since he risks being arrested in more than 120 countries.
In a debate in the plenary session of the European Parliament focused on the results of the last European Council, the leader of the European Executive has applauded the arrest warrant of the court based in The Hague, after denouncing Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
“This is an unprecedented step. The decision has made the world a much smaller place for Putin. If you travel to any of the 123 countries that cooperate with the International Criminal Court, you risk being arrested,” he said.
The German ‘popular’ has insisted that now the Russian president will have problems traveling to Africa, Asia, Europe or South America. “It will pose an incalculable risk to him,” she said, after referring to the theft of 16,000 Ukrainian children at the hands of the Russian authorities and the need to deal with these war crimes.
“They were robbed of their homeland and their family environment and – if we do not act – they will also be robbed of their future,” Von der Leyen has assured about this situation.
KEEP PROMISE OF SUPPORT TO UKRAINE
In her speech, the President of the European Commission underlined the importance of the agreement reached between the Twenty-seven to carry out joint purchases of ammunition and missiles, worth 2,000 million, through the European Mechanism for Peace.
Von der Leyen has pointed out that the ammunition needs of the European armies and to send to Ukraine will make it necessary to expand the production capacity of the European arms industry, strengthen supply chains and support the redistribution of existing production centers. “We said we would support Ukraine at all costs. And Europe keeps its promises,” he said.
Along the same lines, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, has assured that the call of the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, for the delivery of more arms and ammunition is answered with the plan for joint purchases.
Michel has valued the agility of the Twenty-seven to adopt the program, just six weeks after Estonia put it on the table. “This initiative is an important step towards genuine European defence,” he noted.
