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"The European Parliament’s contribution to the process of assessing the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is, apart from anything else, surely necessary in order to demonstrate our continuing interest in this topic. Perhaps our recommendations will also help us to avoid being caught on the hop quite as much as we were by the onset of the Arab Spring at the start of this year. In its conclusions, the assessment could also limit efforts to ‘purchase democracy’ for Belarus for USD 9 billion, and rule out a repeat of the undignified level of Member State participation at ENP events such as this year’s Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw. The qualified Polish Presidency did not deserve something like this. My reservation applies to the current government of the Czech Republic. As far as the Southern dimension of the ENP is concerned, when implementing the European Parliament’s recommendations it is essential to respect the distinct civilisations, cultures, religions and historical traditions of the countries of this region. The success of the ENP in the Mediterranean area is virtually a
. We must also explain to our voters why political Islam is no longer a concern. Suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, for example, was seen as part of the war against terrorism for the past 10 years. We also need to convince our voters that spending their money on the Southern dimension will not result in an Arab Winter. If we do not do this, it will surely be Geert Wilders, Marine Le Pen and Pia Kjaersgaard who do the ‘explaining’ instead of us."@en1
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