Name: European Commissioner Marta KOS in Warsaw, Poland for the Rebuild Ukraine Conference
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European Commissioner Marta KOS in Warsaw, Poland for the Rebuild Ukraine Conference

12 November 2026

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Commissioner Marta Kos opens the EU‑Ukraine Investment Conference, underlining Ukraine’s difficult winter, the need for continued support, and framing Ukraine not only as a country to be rebuilt but as key to a stronger Europe and future EU membership despite the ongoing war.

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 European Commission

Follow its sittings

00:00 - 00:20

Speaker 2

And as our first opening speaker, I would like to invite a commissioner for enlargement, Marta Kos, to please give her opening speech.

00:20 - 02:20

Speaker 1

Dear Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov, dear ministers, distinguished guests, dear partners, it is an honor to open this year's EU-Ukraine Investment Conference and a pleasure to address Europe's business community. You know what it means to look beyond the risks of the present and you know what it means to plan for the opportunities of tomorrow, and this is why we are here today.

Ukraine is facing another extraordinary difficult winter. We must be honest about the challenges ahead as we are determined to continue to support Ukraine into the future, and let us be very clear. Ukraine's future is not defined by the destruction we see today. It will be defined by the country it is building for tomorrow. In this regard, European businesses have a historic opportunity and responsibility to be part of their future.

Ukraine is not simply a country to be reconstructed, it is a country that will help us Europeans build a stronger Europe. This starts with Ukraine's path towards EU membership, which I am responsible for. The accession process is highly demanding for any candidate country and even more so for a country defending itself against military aggression. And as I have already stressed in the morning, it is for the first time in the history of the European accession process that we are negotiating for a membership with a country which is at war. But Ukraine, even under this difficult circumstances, continues to advance on important reforms.

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