{"id":86861,"date":"2025-05-09T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86861\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:16:28","slug":"european-parliament-members-plan-moscow-trip-for-victory-day-commemorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/86861\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament Members Plan Moscow Trip for Victory Day Commemorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"393\">Five members of the European Parliament plan to visit Moscow this week to attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union\u2019s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, German media reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"602\">The delegation includes two lawmakers from Germany\u2019s far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), which opposes military aid to Ukraine, as well as MEPs from the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Slovakia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"842\">According to the German news agency dpa, the lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/german-leftist-eu-lawmakers-to-travel-to-moscow-for-victory-day\/ar-AA1Ekji3\" title=\"will spend two days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will spend two days<\/a> in the Russian capital during President Vladimir Putin\u2019s unilaterally declared ceasefire between May 8 and May 10, timed to coincide with Victory Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1303\" data-end=\"1514\">Among the lawmakers are BSW members Michael von der Schulenburg and Ruth Firmenich. The names of the Czech, Cypriot and Slovak MEPs were not mentioned in the dpa report, which said the delegation plans to visit Kyiv after Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1824\">The group hopes to \u201chold talks with parliamentarians and other representatives\u2026 to overcome the ever-increasing spiral of confrontation and escalation in Europe,\u201d according to a BSW press release quoted by dpa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1824\">\u201cWe also want to send a signal that we want the weapons in Ukraine to fall silent permanently,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1826\" data-end=\"1989\">BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/politik\/deutschland\/wagenknecht-vertraute-reist-zum-tag-des-sieges-nach-moskau-a-ff610e09-72ec-4a70-8a04-3ef4d7d602f2\" title=\"told\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the German news website Der Spiegel\u00a0that her party members \u201cwill not participate in the military parade\u201d on Red Square or in \u201csimilar state appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1826\" data-end=\"1989\">According to the outlet,\u00a0Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry pre-approved the European lawmakers\u2019 visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2178\">At least 29 world leaders are expected to attend Friday\u2019s military parade in Moscow, including the presidents of Serbia and Slovakia \u2014 the only European leaders planning to take part in the commemorations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2178\">Ukrainian officials have warned that they cannot guarantee the safety of foreign dignitaries in Moscow during the celebrations and have rejected Putin\u2019s proposed 72-hour ceasefire, instead calling for a 30-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1991\" data-end=\"2178\">On Wednesday, Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/05\/07\/largest-ever-ukrainian-drone-attack-paralyzes-russian-airports-stranding-thousands-of-passengers-a88997\" title=\"launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> its largest-ever drone assault on Russia, prompting airports across the country to restrict air traffic, which has since led to major flight delays and cancellations for travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five members of the European Parliament plan to visit Moscow this week to attend events marking the 80th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,20730,1824,37922],"class_list":{"0":"post-86861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european-parliament","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-victory-day"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114476887807585871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}