[000:00:00;00] this is our europe, but today there is a brutal war in russia again, this is a brutal war, it brings pain to the people of ukraine, and it is a war that is aimed at everything that europe now stands for, but this is ukraine, which is for ukraine and for the european union, for all members, this is for we only have time, this is all of us in common we belong to each other and our history will continue it all together and in the future, first of all, the award is the award of charlemagne

, the president and the whole nation are born, i think that this is a very smart decision because the ukrainian people and you volodymyr, they have achieved a lot starting from february 24, 2022, the impossible and led with great courage your your country defends itself against such a detailed aggression of russia with unceasing force day after day they repel the russian attackers the russian war has brought european nations closer than ever before unite and stand in solidarity with ukraine germany accepted more than one million citizens of bolzano, and poland sometimes even one and a half million, as well as the czech republic

more than 1.5 thousand, the number of partners between ukrainian cities and german cities is 50 to 140 europe, ukraine is also part of our european family in france, macron, also prime minister mario tragi of italy, romanian klaus emphasized when we were together in kyiv, it was the year of the uprising, and we all adhere to this, that is, russia and ukraine are not the same people as in the ass

, as the enlightened president putin said, ukraine has very, very demonstrated throughout its history its very history, culture, identity, everything begins after the collapse of the soviet union , ukraine fights for its freedom and it is fighting for its own way to decide for itself and ukraine has made a decision in favor of europe volodya zelenskyi volodymyr zelenskyi on the way to the european union ukraine has our full support as europeans europeans know what strength and democratic will there is in this people of yours i also think about

the people in general like me that about solidarity in poland. i remember the discovery of harrowing in the berlin wall, which happened thanks to brave people from the former gdr, which opened europe to a united europe, and of course i remember the orange the revolution of 2004 and also the nights of the euromaidan of 2013-2014, all revolutions of dignity and the yellow-blue flag and also the flag of europe are beginning freedom and self-determination of ukraine all these popular movements show the strength of the will of their people in the future to decide their own destiny russian aggression aggressive war it not only brought the ukrainian nation under reporting, it

is even one more, it will become no , the decision of ukrainians to become a european nation is not irreversible if vladimir putin putin thought that he could divert the ukrainian nation from and on the way to europe, then all its tanks, rockets and drones, thanks to all the things, it only achieved the reverse and nothing else, the peoples of europe for the political and european cooperation of the peoples and for the beautiful diversity of the cultural and linguistic european society, freedom, democracy, for the protection of human rights and especially for the peaceful

reconciliation of former enemies and this especially for me as the german chancellor, i am especially aware of this and it makes us, and therefore we need to ensure every day that the values ​​and freedoms of democracy and the right statehood was supported by the desire for democracy, freedom, right-wing statehood and europe are also divided by the ukrainian people, dear volodymyr, servant of the people , servant of the people, dina - that's how many of you have become the president of ukraine with such a claim, and that's exactly what you are today.

the prize is the desire for freedom and in dark times it is all hope at the head of the entire ukrainian people, you protect the values ​​for which europe stands ukraine can at the same time rely on our full our humanitarian and economic support and in terms of weapons and first of all for all times of the year the people of luxembourg were the first to be awarded such a prize and the text said that the people of luxembourg were a model and on the wall everyone is on the way to europe and this is now

also spreading to the people of ukraine and that is why today's awarding of the prize is not the end. and this is a new beginning. well, you are the beginning of our growth in europe together with ukraine and the countries of the western balkans, it is also moldova and the perspective of georgia, and that this is something russia has committed its aggressions, our answer is clear europe stands united and united the charlemagne european prize determines our worship before the courage of the ukrainian people and its president

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country whom we honor today together with him did better than any of us could do in this they literally fight for freedom for humanity and for peace with their blood and life under zucker they provide the future of their children as well as our children president zelenskyi and the people of ukraine know exactly what they are fighting for and they understand what makes our europe and our the union as it is, my words cannot even come close to a fair assessment

of them, but the words of president zelenskyi in his wonderful inaugural speech in 2019, he addressed the people of ukraine with these words, i quote, we chose the path to europe, but europe is not somewhere it is far away or the first europe is here in our heads and when it gets there it will be present everywhere throughout ukraine the end of the world president zelensky loved volodymyr i am convinced that your words will come true and that we

will tirelessly work on it i have and gentlemen, the story of suffering tells at the same time about strength and courage. ukraine has to prove itself every day on that fateful morning when russia with columns of tanks and tens of thousands of soldiers crossed its border . when i met volodymyr zelensky a few weeks later . i saw near the church with scabs lying

close to each other, terrible symbols of putin's war, i will never forget the image of countless candles, you can a candle symbolizes a father or mother, a son or a daughter, a brother and sister's life was destroyed, people's feelings were anger and despair olesenko confidence essay in the fact that ukraine will give its world and the situation will change i spoke with president zelensky many times on the phone all the first difficult days and weeks i already knew his courage and his determination but when i looked into his eyes that day in

kyiv , i was deeply moved by the unshakable resilience that he exudes. courage, stability, your sacrifice and your values, i cannot think of a more worthy laureate of this charlemagne award than

the president of the zelensky people of ukraine, the president of the president and the people of ukraine are fighting for the same values ​​and fame that the award embodies and at the same time they are fighting for our freedom and our values democracy with the rule of law has freedom of speech at the oss and let the guide and freedom determine their own destiny independently, so what is all that ukraine is fighting for and that is exactly what putin is doing with all his might is trying to destroy putin putin putin is destroying the peace work that we built together after the end of the second world war and later after the fall of the iron curtain putin putin

wants to destroy the europe that was created by such a laureate of the charlemagne prize as a bee korn and your afghan tyrants helmut kohl and many others strive to undo the achievements of 1989 and the following decades, when the people of europe changed their face forever, as the historian and laureate of the award, which was the great timothy garton of the generation, aptly said the moment is coming when it must defend

democracy and what believes for us this moment has come now as well as men and women who fought for their freedom changed the face of europe more than 30 years ago and our actions today decide what face our europe will have in the future ukraine showed the world how strong its society is, its not strong desire for freedom impressed the world, there is confidence in january, its determination when it comes to its place in europe inspires all of us

, the meeting of 10 years, the people of ukraine repeatedly showed his determination on the way to the european union. we will never be able to measure ukraine, but we can firmly stand by your side. i am only talking about multibillion-dollar support for ukraine , tough sanctions against russia, or modern weapons and ammunition that we promised and delivered to ukraine. i am also talking about the support of ukraine on its way to our union and its preparation for the future , even though it continues, but i am also talking about the infinite number of europeans

and the european wings of their doors and hearts for ivrakhin ukrainian refugees, 4 million people who were forced to leave their homes due to putin's bombs found shelter. i would like to thank and pay tribute to the many volunteers, cities and communities, teachers , sports clubs who so warmly welcomed ukrainian children, and endless companies who offered a job with a ukrainian to the parents of these children. and there is europe in the best sense of the word, thanks to president zelensky, thanks to the people of ukraine , thanks to our solidarity, the face of europe

is changing again, everything that means the european idea, the courage to stand up for one's convictions, the struggle for values ​​and freedom, for peace and unity, that's why i am convinced that ukraine will win, that it will achieve peace and that its dream of a place in our european family will come true. oleksandr matviychuk, a few days ago you said that, i quote, no one aspires

there is more peace than the people of ukraine, but peace does not come from the fact that the country attacked lays down arms, this is not peace, occupation, occupation is as bad as war, only in a different form . yes, in our european union we speak in different languages ​​24 languages ​​but in all languages ​​we associate with victory peace is victory and justice fair peace as always when it comes to europe you will find someone with whomever i say it is impossible this is a fantasy

but what are the services if it is in fact and our task is our work to be together and make the impossible possible all the words also come from president zelenskyi yasetuyu we talk about victory when the guns fall silent and people raise their voices end of quote he spoke about ukraine at the time, but these words also describe europe and what you are fighting for europe so what would have happened how what and in fact our task as a european and a european was to unite to be in common and make the impossible possible with today's award we send a clear message volynskyi

we support the president zelenskyi we are on the side of the people of ukraine we stand on their block for now together we will make the impossible possible glory to ukraine long live europe dear president zelenskyi zelenskyi

dear volodymyr volodymyr well what did we watch the broadcast of the event that is currently taking place in aachen, germany, and there they have to decide on the charlemagne award for unification to president zelensky for his contribution to the unification of europe, we listened to the head of the european commission, uzlov fondolyan, the next speaker was present and the chancellor of the federal olafshot of the republic of germany, well, we also see the president of ukraine. well, this is an important event . in fact, i just want to say that the presidential tour of europe continues and will continue according to the information provided by the media of mass information, referring to his sources, today from may 14, president zelensky is to visit the capital of the french republic, the city of paris, in the evening, he is currently in germany in the city of ahni well, and we