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"Mr President, without a doubt the Lahti Summit was a success for the EU. Its focus on competitiveness and innovation was followed by a constructive dialogue with Russia and the issue of human rights was also raised. Our heads of state and government showed unity and reflected our common values. As the EPP Vice-President, Michel Barnier, said a couple of weeks ago in Lyon, none of us can sit at the table of global decision-making as a national politician. This really is true and also applies to EU-Russia relations.
Freedom of speech is in great danger in Russia. In a very recent study by Reporters Without Frontiers – where many EU Member States held the top positions – Russia was placed 147th out of 168 countries.
I rarely agree with the President of Parliament, Mr Borrell Fontelles, but I have to say that he was right to emphasise strongly the question of human rights and democracy in Russia with President Putin. We must have a clear stance on human rights, whoever we might be facing.
An independent and efficient investigation to find and condemn the vicious murderers of the courageous journalist Anna Politkovskaya is a real test for freedom and the rule of law in Russia and for its relations with the EU. The democratic world simply cannot stay quiet when freedom is threatened and its strongest advocates are shot down.
If we do not act now, we might lose another 30 years of freedom, as did our Hungarian citizens when the western world did not act bravely enough to support the people who rose up in revolution 50 years ago. Practical cooperation with Russia is important, but nothing is more important than the progress Russia makes on the path to freedom and human rights."@en1
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