OUR OPINION. “The Ukrainians are the real heroes. But Europe can also be proud” | Exclusively for subscribers

It is often easy to complain about the European Union. It works too slowly, too cumbersome, too bureaucratic. “But after one year of war in Ukraine, we can only acknowledge: the EU has handled this well,” writes political journalist Astrid Roelandt. “The Ukrainians are the real heroes, but Europe should be proud too.”