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"Mr President, Ukraine, a country where presidential elections are shortly to be held, currently has two development routes open to it. One is the European route and the other the sub-Soviet route. The first involves democratic standards, the rule of law, a market economy and accelerated political integration into the structures of the European Union. The second involves the risk of the present political and economic model becoming entrenched.
What measures can we take to increase the likelihood that the first route will be taken, and not the second? There is indeed little we can do, but we do have some options currently open to us. It would be possible for us to monitor the voting closely and also the electoral campaign between the first and second rounds of voting in the presidential elections, as the campaign during this period will be at its most dramatic. In addition, of course, we need to react.
Following the presidential elections, this House should adopt a resolution, and later a report, containing details of what needs to be changed in the EU’s policy on Ukraine. Secondly, we should be prepared to postpone the adoption of an action plan for Ukraine by the European Union, or more specifically by the Commission. The fact that the European Commission did not approve the action plan yesterday is to be welcomed, because a victory for Yushchenko would enable us to take more action, to make Ukraine more generous offers and to take measures to support democratic change in the country. A victory for Yanukovich, in turn, would enable us to adopt the action plan in its current version, and to observe the measures taken by the new president, if this turns out to be Yanukovich, in the first days after his electoral victory. If Yushchenko wins, we must be prepared to free up large amounts of additional funding to support the transformation of Ukraine, and we should send out a clear message now that we are prepared to do so. After the elections we should promptly organise a donors’ conference, similar to the conference in Georgia, or rather on behalf of Georgia, which made it possible for the European Union to take steps to support the transformation of this country. It is vital to bear in mind that a strong, democratic and independent Ukraine is essential to the stability of Europe."@en1
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