The European Parliament Reaffirmed Its Support For Ukraine On Its Path To The EU, But Condemned Zelenskyy’s Decision Regarding The UPA

The resolution could have been even tougher.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution by a vote of 460 in favor, calling for a constructive discussion of Ukraine’s European integration, taking into account the EU’s strategic interests (136 members voted against, and another 59 abstained). At the same time, the document included an amendment criticizing the awarding of the honorary title “Named After the Heroes of the UPA” to a unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Special Operations Forces, according to “Gordon”.

In particular, the European Parliament noted Ukraine’s reform efforts amid the ongoing war and called for taking into account the dynamics in candidate countries, as Russia is attempting to undermine public support for EU membership.

At the same time, the European Parliament approved an amendment in which criticized the decision by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to name a military unit after the Heroes of the UPA.

In the text of the resolution, the European Parliament expressed regret over “the recent unnecessary and unprovoked escalation by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the form of renaming an elite military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in honor of the heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.”

“The European Parliament regrets the disregard for the sensitivity and painful nature of this issue for Poland, given the estimated tens of thousands of victims of the UPA, particularly in light of Poland’s unwavering support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression, and considers this decision to undermine good-neighborly relations and previous efforts aimed at resolving unresolved and painful aspects of bilateral historical relations in the spirit of genuine and sincere reconciliation,” the resolution states.

The EP called on the parties “to de-escalate tensions and resume sincere efforts aimed at reconciliation.”

According to the Polish radio station RMF24, the approved amendment was a compromise: it was introduced by Polish MEP Andrzej Galicki of the European People’s Party, in consultation with the report’s author from Germany Michael Gahler. As a result, amendments authored by MEPs from Poland’s former ruling party “Law and Justice,” which contained harsher wording (including, among other things, a demand to link Ukraine’s potential accession to the EU to the resolution of historical disputes regarding ethnic cleansing in Volhynia).

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