European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants Ukraine in the bloc, adding “they're one of us”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tells Euronews that the EU wants Ukraine in the bloc, adding "they're one of us".

Yesterday, Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, called for Ukraine to be given an accelerated path to joining the European Union.

“Poland supports an express path for Ukraine’s membership of the EU,” tweeted Duda this afternoon. “Candidate status should be granted immediately and accession negotiations initiated at once after that. Ukraine should also have access to EU funds for reconstruction.”

These remarks follow an appeal from over the weekend from President Volodymyr Zelensky for Ukraine’s potential membership of the bloc to now be “decided once and for all”.