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It's Europe's hour:
let's not betray Ukraine

Galia Ackerman, historienne, rédactrice en chef de Desk Russie

Galia Ackerman

Historian, editor-in-chief of Desk Russie, France

    

Guillaume Ancel, ancien officier, écrivain français et chroniqueur de guerre

Guillaume Ancel

Former officer, Writer and War Chronicler, France

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Julien Bayou, avocat, ancien député

Julien Bayou

Lawyer, former Member of Parliament, France​

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Andreas Botsch,

Andreas Botsch

Former International Secretary, DGB (Confederation of German Trade Unions) , Germany​

Pascal Bruckner

Pascal Bruckner

Writer, France

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Hans Christoph Buch, écrivain

Hans Christoph Buch

Writer​, Germany                                             

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Michel Caillouet, ancien ambassadeur de l'Union Européenne

Michel Caillouet

Former Ambassador to the European Union, France                                 

Leos Carax, cinéaste

Leos Carax

Film Director, France                                                                                                                 

Gilles Chevalier, contrôleur général des armées (2S)

Gilles Chevalier

Controller General of the Armed Forces, France

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Hélène Cixous, écrivaine

Hélène Cixous

Writer​, France

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit, ancien député européen

Daniel Cohn-Bendit  

Former MEP, France, Germany

    

Bertrand de Cordoue, conseiller à l'Institut Jacques Delors

Bertrand de Cordoue,

Advisor to the Jacques Delors Institute, France​

Krzysztof Czyżewski, président de Borderland Foundation

Krzysztof Czyżewski

Chair, Borderland Foundation, Poland

Vincent Desportes, général (2S), ancien directeur de l'École de guerre

Vincent Desportes

General (2S), former Director of the École de Guerre, France

Hélène Flautre, ancienne députée européenne

Hélène Flautre

Former MEP, France

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Stephen Fry, writer, director and actor

Stephen Fry

Writer, Director and Actor, United Kingdom

Antoine Garapon, honorary magistrate

Antoine Garapon

Honorary Magistrate, France

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André Gattolin, universitaire, ancien sénateur

Antoine Gattolin

Academic, former Senator, France

Romain Goupil, cinéaste

Romain Goupil

Film Director, France

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Michel Hazavanicius, cinéaste

Michel Hazanavicius

FIlm Director, France

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Agnieszka Holland, cinéaste

Agnieszka Holland

Film director, Poland

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Martine Jodeau, conseillère d'État honoraire

Martine Jodeau

Honorary State Councillor, France

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Konstantin Friedrich Kaiser, Verein zur Förderung und Erforschung der antifaschistischen L

Konstantin Friedrich Kaiser

Poet, Editor Zwischenwelt International , Austria

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Esko Kentrschynskyj, ancien ambassadeur de l'Union Européenne

Esko Kentrschynskyj

Former Ambassador to the European Union

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Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, ancienne euro-députée

Nicole Kiil-Nielsen

Former MEP, France

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Etienne Klein, physicien

Etienne Klein

Physicist, France

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Karel Kovanda, ancien ambassadeur, Tchéquie

Karel Kovanda

Ambassador (ret.), Czech Republic

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Jaroslaw Kurski, journaliste, ancien rédacteur en chef adjoint de Gazeta Wyborcza (Pologne

Jaroslaw Kurski

Journalist, former deputy editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland 

Jean-Charles Larsonneur, diplomate et député du Finistère

Jean-Charles Larsonneur

Diplomat and Member of Parliament

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Jonathan Littell, écrivain et cinéaste

Jonathan Littell

Writer and film-maker

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Denis MacShane, Former parliamentary member of the Assembly of the Council of Europe (U.K.

Denis MacShane

Former parliamentary member of the Assembly of the Council of Europe (U.K.)

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Claude Malhuret

Senator, former Minister

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Adam Michnik, rédacteur en chef de Gazeta Wyborcza

Adam Michnik

Editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza

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Georges Mink, directeur de recherche au CNRS

Georges Mink

CNRS Research Director

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Ariane Mnouchkine, metteure-en-scène,

Ariane Mnouchkine

Director and Founder of the Théâtre du Soleil

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Gerhard Oberschlick, éditeur

Gerhard Oberschlick

Editor

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Phillips O'Brien, chair of strategic studies and head of the School of International Relat

Phillips O'Brien

Chair of Strategic Studies,

University of St Andrews

Gérard Onesta, former Vice-President of the European Parliament

Gérard Onesta

former Vice-President of the European Parliament

Rithy Panh, cinéaste

Rithy Panh

Film Director

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Frédéric Petit, député des Français d’Allemagne, d’Europe Centrale et des Balkans

Frédéric Petit

MP for French Nationals in Central Europe & the Balkans

Valérie Petit, ancienne députée

Valérie Petit

Former Member of Parliament

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Raphaël Pitti professeur, médecin humanitaire

Raphaël Pitti

Professor, Humanitarian Doctor

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Sonja Pleßl

Publicist and Translator, Zwischenwelt International

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Natalia Pouzyreff, députée, membre de la commission de la Défense

Natalia Pouzyreff

Member of Parliament, member of the Defence Committee

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Eva Quistorp, théologienne, écrivaine, ancienne députée européenne

Eva Quistorp

Theologian, Writer and former Member of the European Parliament

François Roelants du Vivier, sénateur honoraire, Belgique

François Roelants du Vivier

Honorary Senator, Belgium

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Sylvie Rollet, Professor Emeritus, Chair of Pour l'Ukraine, pour leur liberté et la nôtre!

Sylvie Rollet

Professor Emeritus, founder of Pour l'Ukraine, pour leur liberté et la nôtre!​

Karl Schlögel, Emeritus Professor of History, Germany

Karl Schlögel

Emeritus Professor of History, European University Viadrina, Germany​

Volker Schlöndorff, cinéaste

Volker Schlöndorff

Film Director, Germany​

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Nicolas Schmit,  former European Commissioner

Nicolas Schmit

former European Commissioner and PES lead candidate, Luxembourg

Dominique Schnapper sociologue et politologue, ancienne membre du Conseil constitutionnel

Dominique Schnapper

Sociologist and political scientist, former member of the Constitutional Council, France

Barbet Schroeder, film director, Switzerland

Barbet Schroeder

Film Director, Switzerland

    

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Mario Stasi, président de la LICRA

Mario Stasi

Chair, LICRA, International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism

Oksana Stavrou, journaliste, écrivaine, Autriche

Oksana Stavrou

Journalist, Writer, Austria

    

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Marc Thys, Lieutenant-general en retraite, Aide-de-Camp honoraire du Roi des Belges, Belgi

Marc Thys

Lieutenant-General (Retd), Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the King of the Belgians, Belgium

Xavier Tytelman, consultant défensee

Xavier Tytelman

Defence Consultant, France

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Olivier Védrine, administrateur de l'association Jean Monnet

Olivier Védrine

Administrator of the Jean Monnet Institute, France

    

Dominique Voynet, députée du Doubs

Dominique Voynet

Member of Parliament, France

    

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Olivier Weber, écrivain, grand reporter, ancien ambassadeur de France

Olivier Weber

Writer, Reporter, former French Ambassador

    

Michel Yakovleff, Général (2S) de l’Armée de Terre

Michel Yakovleff

General (2S) of the French Army  

They are fighting for life and freedom, so I realise that if the Ukrainians lose, we lose too.

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Ariane Mnouchkine

Putin's obsession is the destruction of the European Union, whereas Donald Trump has nothing but contempt for Europe and international law.​​​​​

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Nicolas Tenzer

‘The confiscation of Russian assets is a decisive measure for Ukraine, it is also a founding precedent for respect for international law’

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Julien Bayou

Given that Putin only understands the language of force, it is high time we made him understand that he cannot be rewarded for his war crimes by gaining 20% of Ukrainian territory.​​​​​​​

Gilles Chevalier

This programme of deportation of children from Ukraine is extremely revealing of Russia's genocidal intent towards Ukraine.​

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Marc Levy

We need to accelerate European defence, a European army, such that the European community can bring together those states that are not members of the EU but have a vision that is close to it.​​​

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Russia’s war on Ukraine is, at its core, a battle over sovereignty. Not just in the legal sense, but in the raw, unfiltered reality of power and survival. It is a war over who gets to decide Ukraine’s future—Ukraine itself, or an external force imposing its will through military occupation, coercion, and exhaustion. ​​​

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Jade McGlynn

What leaders in Europe have to face, as a pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine position solidifies in the Republican Party, is the prospect of having to do most of the heavy lifting to help Ukraine win the war. That is no small task. Europe would have to expand its manufacturing capacities both for ammunition and other nuts-and-bolts military needs and for the more advanced systems, such as long-range missiles, that it would have to supply on its own.

Philips P. O'Brien

The reality is that, for many years, Europe has largely slipstreamed behind the U.S. on security matters. This has provided real benefits to the U.S., by solidifying American leadership in the world’s most important strategic grouping while allowing European states to spend far less on defense than they would otherwise have to. The differential also means that Europe, on its own, lacks the breadth and depth of U.S. military capabilities.

Phillips P. O'Brien

Ukraine can only resist if Europe unites against the threatening empires.

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Guillaume Ancel

European Surge for Ukraine, an advocacy website to counter the Russian aggression
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Pour l'Ukraine, pour leur liberté et la nôtre! (For Ukraine, for their freedom and ours!) is a French non-profit organisation that was set up at the very start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine

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Founded by 130 academics, the organisation now brings together several hundred citizens campaigning for Ukraine

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We engage in advocy, run columns in the international press and raise funds for humanitarian and military support for Ukraine

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