How the EU supported Ukraine in 2023

EU support for Ukraine

How the EU and the European Parliament continued to support Ukraine in 2023.

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• EU reactions
• Sanctions
• European integration
• EU-Ukraine cooperation

• 18-12-2023
  • Sanctions

  EU adopts further sanctions to restrict Russia's ability to wage war

  The Council adopts the twelfth package of economic and individual restrictive measures in view of the continued Russian war of aggression against Ukraine

  • EU adopts 12th package of economic and individual sanctions Opens in a new window
• 14-12-2023
  • European integration

  EU launches accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova

  EU leaders launch accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova and recognise Georgia as a candidate country

  • European Council conclusions on Ukraine, enlargement and reforms Opens in a new window
• 13-12-2023
  • European integration

  Parliament urges EU to launch accession talks

  MEPs call on European leaders meeting on 14-15 December to open accession talks with Ukraine as well as with Moldova

  • MEPs: open accession talks with Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 28-11-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  Parliament and Rada sign renewed memorandum of understanding

  Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, signed a renewed memorandum of understanding setting out how they can improve cooperation. This includes the European Parliament setting up a permanent representation in Kyiv and helping Ukraine with the challenges of rebuilding and getting ready to join the EU. Political group leaders also met Stefanchuk and renewed their commitment to support Ukraine and strengthen existing cooperation.

  • Statement of the Conference of Presidents on support for Ukraine
• 17-10-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  €50 billion for rebuilding Ukraine

  Parliament improves and endorses a proposal for a €50 billion facility to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation from 2024 to 2027.

  • A long-term solution for Ukraine’s funding needs
• 13-07-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  MEPs approve plans to provide more ammunition for Ukraine

  Parliament adopts plans to increase EU production of ammunition and missiles to address the current shortage.

  • Parliament approves plans to produce more ammunition for Ukraine
• 15-06-2023
  • EU reactions

  Parliament calls on Nato to invite Ukraine to join the alliance

  MEPs call on Nato allies to honour their commitment to Ukraine and pave the way for Kyiv to be invited to join the defence alliance.

  • Parliament urges Nato to invite Ukraine
• 10-05-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  MEPs renew trade support measures for Ukraine

  Parliament agrees to suspend EU import duties on Ukrainian exports of agricultural products for another year to support the country’s economy.

  • MEPs greenlight extension of trade support measures
• 10-05-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  MEPs fast-track proposal to boost ammunition production

  Parliament decides to urgently deal with a draft bill to increase European production of ammunition and missiles to support Ukraine.

  • Parliament to speed up plans for ammunition production
• 09-05-2023
  • Sanctions

  EU proposes 11th sanctions package

  The European Commission proposes new sanctions to add more products to the transit ban but also to make it more difficult to circumvent sanctions.

  • Commission President announces 11th package of sanctions against Russia Opens in a new window
• 12-04-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  First inter-committee meeting between the European Parliament and the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada

  The committee chairs of the European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine meet for the first inter-committee meeting to discuss the path ahead for Ukraine with regard to the country’s EU accession process, as well as to show solidarity with Kyiv.

  • Leading MEPs reaffirm their strong support for Ukraine’s path to the EU
• 03-03-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  President Metsola returns to Ukraine

  European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Ukraine for the second time within a year and holds talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk and Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin. She attends the United for Justice conference in Lviv, which discusses ways to hold perpetrators of atrocities against Ukrainians to account.

  • Video: President Metsola's exchanges with journalists on the outcome of the visit Opens in a new window
• 25-02-2023
  • Sanctions

  EU adopts its 10th package of economic and individual sanctions

  On the commemoration of one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Council adopts the tenth package of additional restrictive measures.

  • Council adopts 10th package of sanctions Opens in a new window
• 16-02-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  Provide Ukraine with military aid for as long as necessary, MEPs say

  MEPs call for serious consideration to be given to delivering fighter jets, helicopters, appropriate missile systems and a substantial increase in munitions to Ukraine.

  • Parliament marks one year of Russia's full-scale invasion
• 15-02-2023
  • Sanctions

  EU proposes 10th sanctions package

  As part of a 10th sanctions package, the EU proposes further export bans worth more than €11 billion, to deprive the Russian economy of critical technology and industrial goods. For maximum impact, the bans target many industrial goods that Russia needs, such as electronics, specialised vehicles, machine parts, spare parts for trucks and jet engines. They also include goods for the construction sector which can be directed to Russia's military, such as antennas or cranes.

  • Statement by President von der Leyen on the 10th package of sanctions against Russia Opens in a new window
• 14-02-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  Latvian President to MEPs: Europe must be on the right side of history

  Latvian President Egils Levits calls on Europe to find the political will to try Russia for its crimes and give Ukraine a future in Europe.

  • Latvian President asks for Ukraine to be given a European future
• 09-02-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  Zelenskyy addresses the European Parliament

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the European Parliament during an extraordinary plenary session in Brussels. "This total war now that is being waged by Russia - it is not only for territory[...] After Ukraine's European way of life, they want to destroy the European way of life as such," he told MEPs. After this, he addresses EU leaders at a Council summit.

  • President Zelenskyy says Russia is a grave threat to the European way of life
• 04-02-2023
  • Sanctions

  EU agrees on level of price caps for Russian petroleum products

  The Council decides to set two price caps for petroleum products falling under CN code 2710 which originate in or are exported from Russia.

  • EU sets price caps for Russian petrol products Opens in a new window
• 02-02-2023
  • European integration

  MEPs say work on Ukraine’s EU future must start now

  Ahead of the EU-Ukraine summit on 3 February, MEPs reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine’s EU membership, reiterating the need for a merit-based accession process.

  • MEPs reaffirm commitment to Ukraine's EU membership
• 30-01-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  MEP McAllister: We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes

  David McAllister, the chair of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee, reiterates the EU’s support for Ukraine.

  • Interview with foreign affairs committee chair
• 19-01-2023
  • EU reactions

  Ukraine war: MEPs push for special tribunal to punish Russian crimes

  MEPs demand the Russian political and military leadership be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

  • MEPs call for special tribunal to punish Russian crimes
• 18-01-2023
  • EU reactions

  MEPs call for a firmer response to Russian threats to European security

  The EU and its member states need to increase their military, political and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and strengthen their defence in countering Russian threats to European security, MEPs say in their annual Common Foreign and Security Policy report.

  • Parliament urges EU to act more firmly to counter Russian threats
• 18-01-2023
  • EU-Ukraine cooperation

  MEPs demand continued Ukraine support

  MEPs call for continued support for Ukraine in a debate with Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

  • Parliament debates how to continue to support Ukraine