M'mawu ake kwa a MEPs, Purezidenti wa Portugal a Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa adazindikira kuti kuchira pambuyo pa nkhondo, kukulitsa, kusamuka komanso mphamvu ndizovuta zazikulu za EU.
Polankhula ndi a MEPs pamsonkhano wokhazikika, Purezidenti Rebelo de Sousa adati akuwona kuti nkhondo yaku Russia yolimbana ndi Ukraine ndi "kulakwitsa kodabwitsa kwa Russian Federation" Europe adayankha ndi "kulimba, umodzi, mgwirizano, ndi mgwirizano wapanyanja ya Atlantic ndi kuganiza zamtsogolo". Iye anati, n’kofunika mwamsanga kuonetsetsa kuti “mtendere wachilungamo ndi wamakhalidwe” ukhale zotsatira za nkhondo imeneyi, kuletsa nkhondo zina.
Pa zomwe zimabwera pambuyo pa nkhondo, zomwe zidzadzetsa "kulinganiza kwatsopano kwa mphamvu", Purezidenti adanena kuti EU iyenera kuchita "ntchito yaikulu, yamphamvu kwambiri! Ngati sichoncho, sichidzatha kukhala chochepa kwambiri, chofooka kwambiri ”.
A Rebelo de Sousa adalankhulanso mokomera kukulitsa kwa EU ndikugogomezera kufunika kofulumira EuropeKubwerera kwachuma ndikuganiziranso udindo ndi ufulu wa anthu, komanso zotsatira za kukwera kwa mitengo.
Polankhula za mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wa EU, Purezidenti wa Portugal adapempha kuti pakhale kumasuka ndi mgwirizano kuti athane ndi zovuta monga kusamuka ndikuthandizira kukulitsa chikoka cha Europe padziko lapansi. Mfundo za EU ziyenera, adatero, kukhala patsogolo pa zofuna za dziko.
Purezidenti Rebelo de Sousa adapemphanso EU kuti ikhale mpainiya pazanyengo, mphamvu, ndi ndondomeko ya digito. Ngati sichoncho, "chidzasiyidwa," adatero.
Analimbikitsa EU kuti itsatire chitsanzo cha makontinenti ena ndikuchitapo kanthu pakufunika, ndikutsitsimutsanso machitidwe a ndale, zachuma ndi chikhalidwe cha EU. Purezidenti Rebelo de Sousa adachenjeza kuti kusachita izi kungathe kusokoneza achinyamata ndikupangitsa kuti pakhale mayendedwe otsutsana ndi dongosolo. Izi zikachitika, "ndiye vuto lathu," adatero.