WARSAW, Poland — The prime ministers of Poland and Italy on Monday mentioned army help for Ukraine and voiced settlement that the European Union needs to be made stronger politically whereas chopping down on paperwork.

Poland’s Mateusz Morawiecki and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni — each right-wing politicians — mentioned they have been on the identical web page on Ukraine and on desirous to impress on EU leaders that the bloc’s 27 member nations make it robust by means of their range.

“Our views are very shut on what the EU needs to be like as a participant within the worldwide area,” Meloni mentioned following talks in Warsaw with Morawiecki.

“We wish Europe to be a political however not a bureaucratic big and we’re working towards such a Europe,” Meloni mentioned, including that the “EU ought to keep in mind that there are numerous identities constructing it.”

Poland is in a drawn-out standoff with high EU our bodies over its rule of legislation report that Brussels says goes towards democracy guidelines. The dispute has led to the EU freezing Poland’s pandemic restoration funds.

Meloni additionally mentioned that Poland’s neighbor Ukraine “is aware of it may depend on us, and Poland is aware of it may depend on us.”

Later, Meloni met with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda.

Italian media reported that Meloni was to journey on to Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv for conferences Tuesday.

On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden paid a shock go to to Kyiv.