my guest is eu commissioner for financial stability and services, mairead mcguinness.rity with ukraine is one thing, but is the eu prepared to endure real pain to support kyiv? commissioner mairead mcguinness in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. nice to see you. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. solidarity with ukraine — that's the eu message. but, of course, for it to be meaningful, it has to involve deeds as well as words. on that front, do you think the eu is delivering? well, look, your intro said "solidarity, outrage," but you neglected the word "action". the european union reacted immediately, and i'm sad to say, in a way, we were preparing for this, even though we hoped it wouldn't happen. so we already had a range of sanctions in preparation, and we've delivered on four different measures to sanction the russian oligarchs and indeed russian entities that are fuelling the war. and, of course, we're doing many other things on the humanitarian front. the member states closest to the border with ukraine have been incredible, because over 3.

my guest is eu commissioner for financial stability and services, mairead mcguinness.