The war has not ended or seems close to doing it ——, but Volodimir Zelenski It already calls a key issue for the survival of Ukraine, the reconstruction of the country. And he has a method to achieve it, a ‘Marshall ‘plan to the Ukrainian. This has spoken in the call ‘Volunteer coalition‘, which has gathered on Thursday, in Rome, with a point of the clear day, reaffirm multilateral aid to kyiv.
Zelenski thanks him, as he has not stopped doing it in the last 1,232 days, since Putin ordered Ukraine to invade. But the European leader asks for more and names his last demand, a ‘Marshal Plan ” of the 21st century To make your country resurface.
“Now we have the opportunity to boost a new wave of progress. We need a similar approach to that of the Marshall Plan, “he said in Rome. At the moment, it is a declaration of intentions taking advantage of the fact that he has been helping kyiv in the last three and a half years, formally composed months ago. They have asked them to” develop it together. ”
Not in any way, it is understood. Because before talking about how, Zelenski wanted to talk about who. Your government wants Limit the scope of a recovery project to which “Only our true partners will be welcome“Instants later, he spoke directly about” friends “as the only participants of” the technological and economic recovery of Ukraine. “
They have urged all of them use frozen Russian fundsa huge departure of billions accumulated after the wave of economic sanctions to the Putin regime from the beginning of the invasion. But Zelenki has defended himself not to make use of the dividends generated by these frozen funds, but to dispose of them.
“We must clearly agree that frozen Russian assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine. The assets themselves, not only their profits, They should be used much more active That now to save lives, “he has threatened his peers in Rome.
Zelenski’s reference leads to the name of the then US Secretary of State, George Marshallresponsible for a plan of aid and investments in Europe in the late 40s that was key to the reconstruction of the western part of the continent after the devastation caused by World War II.
Beyond the multilateral aid project, the European leader wanted to highlight the around 200 agreements, with a value of 10,000 million euroswhich are already ready to be signed with European companies, sheltering the summit in Italy, in which he has encouraged to also invest in the Ukraine Defense Industry. “I urge all our partners to increase their investments. While Russia intensifies their attacks against Ukraine, we cannot fail to finance drone production,” Zelenski justified.
At the moment, the European Union He has advanced to the plan with the announcement of a European Fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine. In the words of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will be “the largest capital fund in the world to support reconstruction.”
“Will boost investment in energy, transport, critical raw materials and double -use industries. We are literally betting on the future of Ukraine mobilizing public money to attract large -scale investments in the private sector and help rebuild the country, “said the head of the European Executive, who highlighted the Key role of Italy, Germany, France, Poland and the European Investment Bank in the reconstruction work in Ukraine before Russian aggression.
Regarding European support to Ukraine, it has confirmed the payment of 1,000 million of macropinanciera assistance, as well as a 3,000 million item from the Ukraine Plan with which the EU has compromised its long -term support with kyiv. As he said, within the framework of the conference, Brussels will sign guarantees and aid that will allow unlocking up to 10,000 million in investments for the growth and recovery of Ukraine.
