Eurean Parliament to en office in Kyiv – Euractiv

This is said in a document from the Eurean Parliament bureau seen by Euractiv, Ukrinform reports.

It is likely to be an office in Kyiv. The decision approved on Monday evening, November 20, aims to facilitate relations with the Ukrainian parliament, particularly to connect it with the Eurean Parliament’s “relevant committees” and to facilitate administrative work.

The bureau is a body of the Eurean Parliament responsible for administrative decisions on the institution’s internal functioning.

According to Euractiv, the Eurean Parliament has a liaison office for each member state, which helps Parliament’s outreach with member states, for instance, while communicating with stakehders, organising events and having relations with local media.

According to the document, only a few Eurean Parliament offices are established in non-Eurean cities, according to the document, including New York, Addis Ababa and Jakarta, “where Parliament staff is seconded to the EU Delegation”.

The EU delegation in each non-EU country is the diplomatic representation of the EU in the territory, under the Eurean External Action Service (EEAS).

Eurean Parliament President Roberta Metsa has been consistently vocal in supporting Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. Last year, the Eurean Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of speech to the Ukrainian pele and its leader, President Vodymyr Zelensky.

As reported by Ukrinform, on November 8, the Eurean Commission recommended that the Eurean Council en negotiations on Ukraine and Mdova’s accession to the EU. She also recommended, under certain conditions, that such negotiations are launched with Bosnia and Herzegovina and the status of a candidate country be granted to Georgia.

In December 2023, the Eurean Council is expected to consider the issue of launching negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU.

President of the Eurean Council Charles Michel arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday with an unannounced visit. Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Mdova’s President Maia Sandu also visited Kyiv.