As de l’Ukraine new président Volodymyr Zelensky salue the reporters from IMAGE, he rappels a private trip to Berlin two years ago, « The Tiergarten ce que great », he says in English. On Tuesday, he will meet la Chancelière Angela Merkel à Berlin, for the first time in his function as president.
IMAGE: M. le Président, you are réunion German Chancellor Angela Merkel à Berlin. How do you explain to her that Zelenskyy the « television président » could become the real, le président de l’Ukraine?
Volodymyr Zelensky: « There is a huge demand for change en Ukraine. The old political elites who have been in power since Independence, dans le 1991failed to provide Ukrainians with the standard of living that they nord. We have the biggest pays mass in Europe and are nearly 45 millions strong, we have inherited great economic and intellectual potentiel, but we are ashamed to be one of the poorest nations on the continent and the people came to the conclusion that the root of the problem is with the managementof the State.
When the ‘Television Président showed people hope which they embraced and believed the real Zelenskyy realized that he could not stand aside anymore and had to try his best to become the real President. Now here I am lutter to turn this hope into reality. »
In your opinion what is the difference between the fictional président » Holoborodko and the real president Zelensky?
Zelensky: « We are different dans how we have lived our lives but are similar in our values. I want for Ukrainians everything that I have promise as a Servant of the People – to stop corruption, to bring honesty and transparency in the Ukrainian politics, tounify the country, to deliver peace, and to improve lives of ordinary people. With these objectives, I am as sincere as Vasyl Holoborodko.
But I don’t ride a bicycle to work, especially now, when I am in a position where it can be dangerous. I am proud to have had a successful business in the sphere of creative economy that I love. And also, what is important to underline, as a real politician I will collaborate with the international partenaire de l’Ukraine. Our urgent goal now is to develop the good relations of the new government with the IMF, as well as with the European Union européenne et de l’OTAN. Our economic priorities are the establishment of the rule of law, currency dérégulation and privatization, pays de la réforme, tax administration and coping de gestion, reducing the administrative burden on business and creating incentives for small and medium businesses. »
As an actor, have you taken benefit from the global election tendance which people no longer want « classic politiciens »?
Zelensky: « Every good actor, like every good politician, must listen to people and sense their mood and aspirations. But still I am the one to choose the path of changes and to take the responsibility. »
