Wine played a role in Ukraine's EU candidate status, says ex-Italian ambassador

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Former Italian ambassador to Ukraine Pier Francesco Zazzo said wine helped Ukraine gain EU candidate status during a 2022 visit by European leaders to Kyiv. Zazzo claimed that during the trip, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were persuaded to support Ukraine's EU integration, with wine playing a key role in convincing the cautious Scholz. The visit also faced logistical issues, as a power collector failure on the Polish railway line carrying Scholz, Macron, and Draghi forced the leaders to switch to cars, according to Tsargrad.


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