Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a speech this Friday around 9:30 a.m. to French deputies in the National Assembly.
Follow the full coverage
More than two years of war in Ukraine
The day before, he was on the stage at Omaha Beach in Calvados, with other leaders from around the world who came to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Landings. This Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky is in Paris. Before signing bilateral agreements with Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée, the Ukrainian president delivers a speech to French deputies in the National Assembly.
He speaks at 9:50 a.m.
Yaël Braun-Pivet welcomes the Ukrainian leader at 9:30 a.m. at the Hôtel de Lassay before a speech in the hemicycle around 9:50 a.m. Mr. Zelensky is then scheduled to meet with the President of the National Assembly, who visited Ukraine on March 28 and spoke before the Ukrainian RADA.
“Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the National Assembly has stood alongside the Ukrainian people. On March 23, 2022, less than a month after the invasion, President Zelensky addressed the French deputies by videoconference On January 31, 2023, Ruslan Stefanchuk, President of the Ukrainian RADA, also spoke to the national representation. recalled Yael Braun-Pivet in a press release on Tuesday.
PROGRAM
Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by Yaël Braun-Pivet at 9:30 a.m. at the Hôtel de Lassay, before a speech in the hemicycle at 9:50 a.m., preceded by a speech by the President of the National Assembly. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné and Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, will be present in the hemicycle.
WELCOME
Hello, welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the speech given this Friday morning by the Ukrainian President to the National Assembly. Instead, he attends a military honor ceremony at Les Invalides.
An invitation that disturbs the oppositions
An invitation which is not unanimous in the hemicycle. The president of the LR deputies Olivier Marleix judged “moved” to invite, to “48 hours” European elections, “President Zelensky to come and speak to the Assembly”, once again accusing Emmanuel Macron of “parasitize”he European debate. “This obviously does not take away from our support for the Ukrainians.”, he clarified. Marine Le Pen, the leader of elected RN officials, says “delighted to welcome (him) to the Assembly”, but sees “a few hours before the end of the campaign” Europeans one “instrumentalization of the conflict in Ukraine on the part of Emmanuel Macron”. A skepticism shared on the other end of the political spectrum by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
