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"Mr President, two weeks ago, after a long preparation period, Russia and the European Union reached agreement on how their strategic partnership should take shape, thus demonstrating that the European Union and Russia can make strides forward in their mutual relations despite the previous impasse. Does this agreement mean that all questions surrounding EU
Russia relations have been answered? The answer is still in the negative.
While the roadmaps that have been laid down indicate to both partners where they can begin to improve their cooperation in a number of areas, other questions remain unresolved, and I should like to single out three of them.
Russia and the European Union have a large number of common interests in the areas of the economy, energy, security and the fight against crime. At the same time, it can be said that there are worrying developments within Russia as regards the values for which the European Union stands, not least democracy, the rule of law and transparency. Commissioner Wallström was right, in her report, to devote a great deal of attention to this. In its approach towards Russia, the European Union must try to strike a balance between those values and interests, one that will, at the same time, enable us to have a positive bearing on Russia’s internal developments. The establishing of a transparent democracy and economy in Russia is not only a theoretical concept in the longer term; it is also a matter of common concern to the peoples of Europe and Russia. In order to be effective on this score, the Member States must manage to keep their ranks closed in the direction of Moscow.
A second point is the resolution of the deadlocked conflicts in Moldova and Georgia. The EU must do everything in its power to persuade Russia to adopt a more cooperative stance, and we must capitalise on the room in the agreements recently concluded.
Finally, Russia is a crucial factor in the success of the Neighbourhood Policy in the new neighbouring countries, but policy
making and implementation are far too inadequate for the time being. The EU’s Russia policy must take greater account of the neighbourhood policy objectives, which should not become secondary to relations between Europe’s capitals and Moscow."@en1
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