Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits Marseille (France). In the margins of the Summit of the Regions and the Cities, she participated in the Conseil of the Region Sud to an event in sustain to Ukraine with Renaud MUSELIER, President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the European Committee of the Regions. She also chairs remotely from the EP Liaison office of Marseille the Extraordinary Meeting of European National Parliament's Speakers with the participation of Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Chairperson of Ukraine Parliament, from Kyiv (Ukraine).

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METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

FERREIRA, Elisa (S&D, PT, EC)

MUSELIER, Renaud (EPP, FR)

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TZITZIKOSTAS, Apostolos (EL)

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Marseille: Région Sud - Event in support of Ukraine and extraordinary meeting of European National Parliament's Speakers

Ambience shots of Marseille and of the Official seat of the Region Sud (5 shots)

Arrival of Roberta Metsola, EP President (7)

Group photo of Roberta Metsola, EP President, President of the European Committee of the Regions, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner in charge of Cohesion and Reforms, Renaud MUSELIER, President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-C&ocirc;te d'Azur, President of the European Committee of the Regions (1 shot)

SOUNDBITE (French), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, This is one of my first event as President of the European Parliament and I am very grateful to be with the local and regional representatives, who are at the heart of the European project.

SOUNDBITE (English), Roberta METSOLA, EP President, As you have seen, and as was so widely reported, the European Parliament this week organised an extraordinary plenary, last Tuesday, and we adopted a resolution condemning the Russian military aggression against Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. And this was important because it was an unprecedented moment when the Parliament expressed unanimous support and full solidarity with all those suffering and all those killed. As we have seen over the past few days, the Ukrainian people have been showing us, they have been showing the world, how brave they are, how strong they are.

SOUNDBITE (Ukranian translated in English), Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Chairperson of Ukraine Parliament, And 24 children among the victims, 748 children born dead. Kindergartens have been destroyed, orphanages, schools, universities and nothing is stopping the enemy from inflicting damage so that even the National Children's Hospital, in Kiev... Cities, hospitals, residential areas, nothing is...