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"I voted for the resolution of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament on the EU-Russia Summit. I think that the European Union’s economic and trade relations with Russia are interdependent. It is in our interest to adopt an open attitude to a partner with quite considerable clout in terms of trade relations, being number three behind the United States and China. Russia is an important emerging market which needs Western technology, while the EU, for its part, needs resources and the Russian market.
Let us not forget cooperation in the energy sector, which must be a central plank in the negotiations between both partners. The European Union is the largest consumer of Russian energy, while Russia is the largest energy supplier to the European Union. This interdependence does not justify the Russian Federation arbitrarily cutting off the energy supply. This is why we must have definite assurances from Russia that situations like this will stop recurring."@en1
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