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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Saakashvili adventure is the result of an unpardonable error of judgement: namely, to think that Russia would not respond to military aggression, because military aggression is what took place. Russia is no longer what it was in 2000, and will no longer withdraw either tactically or strategically. The first thing to do is face the facts: Europe and its unity have been seriously damaged by this error. We cannot allow ourselves to repeat it, and we cannot allow anyone else to force us to repeat it. Some people believe that the entry of Ukraine and Georgia into NATO should now be accelerated, but I would ask anyone who believes that to think hard, since such a decision would do nothing to enhance our safety; on the contrary, it would be jeopardised. As we now know, Russia will react, if not in equal measure, then certainly with counter-measures. We would soon run the risk of having a crisis much bigger than that of August on our hands, and in a country like Ukraine at the heart of Europe. Wisdom dictates that we redo a number of calculations, since they were wrong, and that we sit down at the negotiating table with Russia on a basis of reciprocity and …"@en1
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