“Let us work to ensure that the end of the East-West confrontation is the beginning of a new era of continental democracy and prosperity.”

Collective op-ed published by Le Monde on the 1st of April In an address to the Russian people, four presidents of European parliamentary groups, including Manfred Weber (European People's Party), Stéphane Séjourné (Renew) and Manon Aubry (La Gauche), explain that the only threat to Vladimir Putin is "his fear that Ukraine could become a successful and prosperous democracy".