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"Madam President, Ukraine’s recent elections have shown that the country is a functioning democracy.
The new President will be governing in the face of robust opposition and free media. It is to be hoped that the opposition will be constructive and the standards of governance in the country will improve.
The election campaign confirmed that the Ukrainian political elite wants to continue the process of integration with the European Union and to maintain good neighbourly relations with Russia. The European Union must respond with clear signals welcoming both trends. At the same time, Ukraine needs to speed up its reforms.
If such progress is made, the EU must consider extending a promise of membership to Ukraine. In the meantime, we should encourage and do much more for integration at the grassroots level.
People-to-people exchanges, youth and school visits, scholarships, city and regional twinning arrangements and business contracts are the best way of spreading the message that reforms are the only way to a better future.
What is most important at this moment is that the EU finds a way of liberalising the entry visa regime. We must ensure the greatest possible flow of people across our frontiers with Ukraine.
As one of my constituents wrote to me recently, help 1 000 people to travel to the EU from eastern Ukraine and 100 000 will hear about their favourable impressions when they return.
This is the way to underpin the reforms we want to see happening in this valuable democratic neighbours of ours."@en1
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