Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, who is now on an official visit to France, will speak at the European Parliament and possibly meet with French President Emanuel Macron.

“First of all, in France I will work on the parliamentary line.... A possible meeting with President Macron is being worked out, if the schedule allows,” Stefanchuk said on the air of the national telethon on Sunday.

According to the speaker, in addition to Paris, he will visit Strasbourg and speak at the European Parliament.

“I will have a meeting with the leadership of the European Parliament and a speech in the European Parliament and meetings with the main political groups of the European Parliament in order to enlist their support at this final stage,” he added..

He also did not rule out meetings with heads of other institutions of the European Union..

After France, Stefanchuk plans to visit the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria as part of an official trip to those countries that are considered skeptics of Ukraine's European integration..

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The day before, the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called on European leaders to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for the European Union,.