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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, spoke about Ukraine's prospects for joining the EU on June 17. One eye-popping quote was,
"Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us the European dream."
To quote MEP Clare Daly's response to Leyen: "A truly monstrous thing to say. Most Ukrainians were not consulted on whether they were *ready to die* for EU/US hubris. This trivialises the loss of lives. Radioactive levels of Euro narcissism. A new low for VDL."