protect our citizens and companies and we need to have european choices, and in the two weeks to come we will do our best so we can stand up to the price shock that comes from the geopolitical context. prices were going up before the war and they continue to increase because of the war. then of course we have sanctions which are coming in and we must prepare ourselves so we are not so sensitive to the dependency on russia. this is what we have scheduled for may for the commission, as the two presidents have pointed out, we have the plan to step out of the dependency on fossil fuels from russia, to step out of the dependency on fossilfuels from russia, so to step out of the dependency on fossil fuels from russia, so we can get out by 2027 so we are no longer dependent on russian gas, oil and coal, that s by 2027. this means there has to be new investment, new facilities, so we can support our choices for renewables and for nuclear energy. you can see march
a ceasefire followed by a rapid withdrawal of russian troops. that is why keeping up pressure on russia, and we are also maintaining a very demanding dialogue, in particular with conjunction with the german chancellor. the support and solidarity for ukraine is what kept us very busy, particularly yesterday. we support ukraine today, we will do that for as long as the war lasts. we will be there for the reconstruction of this destruction brought about by russia. we will be there to help it to stand up and stay standing. the message that we have sent out to the ukrainian population is that the path to our europe is open to them. their fight forfreedom and europe is open to them. their fight for freedom and democracy, europe is open to them. their fight forfreedom and democracy, for the values that we all share, as demonstrated has demonstrated that ukraine is a member of our european family. we also want the applications made by moldova and georgia as well be examined in line
however, the red cross says not a single person has made it out of besieged mariupol so far. people are running out of food and water and are dying. ukraine s leader is nevertheless optimistic. translation: ~ ., optimistic. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: we are on our way to victo . translation: we are on our way to victory- this translation: we are on our way to victory- this is translation: we are on our way to victory- this is a translation: we are on our way to victory. this is a patriotic translation: we are on our way to victory. this is a patriotic war, - translation: we are on our way to victory. this is a patriotic war, a - victory. this is a patriotic war, a war against a strong enemy, obstinate enemy which does not pay attention to thousands of their own people dead. as this war spreads into more parts of ukraine, the window for people to escape is shrinking. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. as you heard injames s report, the city of dnipro has been hit by
in motion with his application, set a process in motion i with his application, set a process in motion. ijust wanted to remind that from in motion. ijust wanted to remind that from the day of the application to today. that from the day of the application to today. it that from the day of the application to today, it was just a very short time to today, it was just a very short time that to today, it was just a very short time that the council asked the commission to form an opinion on this application. normally this takes this application. normally this takes years. so it shows that there is a completely different process going is a completely different process going on is a completely different process going on. the process in itself is important. going on. the process in itself is important, as the president said. there important, as the president said. there are important, as the president said. there are conditions to be part of the european union that have
obviously the world market, the global market for raw materials was already going up in price before the war, for gas, oil and other commodities or industrial components. there was already an increase in prices, so you need to make a distinction there. and the governments are not here to cope with all inflation. france for example has coped with a lot of inflation and that is quite exceptional. take the example of gas. with gas, we don t have a major impact from the crisis and sanctions although the market went up 40% it only went up 4% for consumers because we had a shield in place. we have other european mechanisms too. what i m saying is we think and we know we have the wherewithal to