Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-04-Speech-2-251"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission Question Time2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070904.25.2-251"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-04-Speech-2-2522
lpv:speaker	lp:Franco Frattini2
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as a general objective this does not, in my view, relate only to the eastern countries, since the general objective is to encourage a strong, hard-line and ongoing fight against corruption. The fight against corruption cannot come to an end, for instance, when a country becomes a Member of the European Union. We have worked with many candidate countries which have become Member States of the European Union. Those countries have achieved very good results and our interest now is, for instance, in working with those which are not candidates, but are simply our neighbours: the countries of the Western Balkans, important partners such as Ukraine, countries with which we have an important partnership. I think that it is always in our interest to help those countries to root out corruption and business and politics are always bound up in corruption. My answer to the question is certainly yes. The European Union is interested, and I think that it is in our interest, and I would also say in the interest of the people of those countries, because people who suffer politics-related corruption have their rights denied on a daily basis. That is something we owe to Europe and to the people of those countries."@en1

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