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"en.20111013.19.4-228-000"2
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"The project of European integration is blocked by electoral realities embarrassing to the democracies that we, who liberated ourselves from communism barely two decades ago, believe to be advanced. I will not conceal from you the disappointment felt by my fellow Romanians in the face of the wave of defamatory lies with which the newest European citizens are confronted, from France to Finland. It is distressing to see European integration and the European spirit cracking perilously at the first serious attempt to undermine them.
It is gratifying that the European Parliament remains an advocate of the European idea and supports the two Member States in the face of the unjust harassment to which they are subjected in order to block their access to the Schengen area. However, I fear that we should not be under any illusions in a Europe captivated by national selfishness promoted by the populist right and a tendency to formalise the Franco-German domination of the European Union. One of the reasons why we in the East lived through communism for half a century was the treachery and cowardice of the West. The lesson in humility dished out to us by some of the old Member States reminds us of this and will probably cure us of our illusion of having returned to the cradle of normality. So rest assured: just as we survived the Soviet Union, we will also survive living in a European Union increasingly removed from the vision of its founders."@en1
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