What does the EU's outstretched hand to Ukraine mean?
Ukraine is traditionally presented as a buffer zone, sandwiched between East and West. And thus always a victim of history. So what does it mean when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Ukraine is "one of us"? The EU's outstretched hand to Ukraine? It is mainly symbolic, observes political scientist Giselle Bosse in this Dutch podcast by De Correspondent
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