{"id":1272245,"date":"2025-07-27T16:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/poroshenko-discusses-democracy-eu-and-nato-membership-with-youth-leaders\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:39:48","slug":"poroshenko-discusses-democracy-eu-and-nato-membership-with-youth-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/poroshenko-discusses-democracy-eu-and-nato-membership-with-youth-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Poroshenko Discusses Democracy, EU and NATO Membership with Youth Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Petro Poroshenko met with youth leaders as part of a special project, \u201cModel NATO Mission: Rebuilding Security.\u201d According to the fifth President, Ukraine\u2019s European and Euro-Atlantic integration is inseparable from democratic reforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> And the clear position of Ukrainian youth regarding the attack on anti-corruption agencies once again proves that Ukraine will never return to the Soviet Union. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u26a1\ufe0fPOROSHENKO ON YOUTH PROTESTS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/caQx9lhgtcA?feature=oembed\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> &#8220;For us, there is no alternative to NATO. We are not asking permission to join. No one, especially Putin, has the right to veto Ukraine&#8217;s accession. The Ukrainian people and NATO member countries have the right to decide,&#8221; Poroshenko emphasized. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92786\" src=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5074-1024x682.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5074-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5074-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5074-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5074.jpeg 1280w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p> &#8220;What should we bring to NATO? Some, including the Russians, are trying to present Ukraine as a beggar with an outstretched hand. Every dollar that NATO allocates to Ukraine is presented as charity or a handout. But this is not true. Because this is an investment by the West in its own security. It is hard to imagine a more effective use of taxpayers&#8217; money than supporting Ukraine,&#8221; the fifth President believes. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92784\" src=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5076-1024x682.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5076-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5076-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5076-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5076.jpeg 1280w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p> &#8220;The events of the last week have restored my faith in the Ukrainian people, their ability to protect Europe and the world. Because all these people grew up in conditions when the Soviet Union no longer poisoned the blood of Ukrainians. Fortunately, the Soviet Union did not influence any of you. And what was the influence of the Soviet Union? To be afraid. To suppress. To suppress. To squeeze out the individual. And the events of the last week have demonstrated that we are not afraid. The youth came out just like in 2013-14 during the Revolution of Dignity. It came out to protect the European direction of the state&#8217;s development. They do not want to live in the Soviet Union,&#8221; Poroshenko emphasized. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-92783\" src=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5077-1024x670.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5077-1024x670.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5077-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5077-768x503.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eurosolidarity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5077.jpeg 1280w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p> When asked by one of the participants in the discussion whether it is right to criticize the government during a war, Poroshenko said: &#8220;We should not attack. We should tell the truth. Not be silent. What would have happened if we had kept silent for the last week and swallowed the situation with NABU? When they say that this is harmful to the state &#8211; no! When we are silent, the soldier at the front loses motivation. Because he says: &#8220;I am here not only for the Ukrainian land, I am here for the future of my children, who should be in Ukraine &#8211; members of the European Union,&#8221; Poroshenko believes.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;You are not weakening Ukraine at all \u2013 you are making it worse. Because only a democratic country can win a war. If we continue to move towards corrupt authoritarianism \u2013 this will deprive us of any chance. Therefore, my recommendation and the main conclusion that we are now drawing from this: do not remain silent. Tell the truth,&#8221; Petro Poroshenko emphasized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p data-vpb-inserted=\" t2zy5q.ya\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petro Poroshenko met with youth leaders as part of a special project, \u201cModel NATO Mission: Rebuilding Security.\u201d According to the fifth President, Ukraine\u2019s European and Euro-Atlantic integration is inseparable from democratic reforms. 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