I am very much looking forward to the EPC and the informal European Council here in Dublin. We will discuss many topics, but we will also on the sidelines discuss the peace talks in Abu Dhabi.
I very much welcome the peace talks in Abu Dhabi, and it is good that the Europeans were represented to safeguard our interests, but also because President Zelenskyy asked for it. And he asked that the Europeans support him in these negotiations, and we will support Ukraine, be it in wartime or be it in peacetime.
Against this context it is also to be seen that we are preparing the 22nd sanctions package. And we are, as the Commission, preparing a proposal on how to cover the financial needs of Ukraine in 2027. We will come with a sanctions package and the proposal for the financial needs before the next European Council.
