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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I hope no one here in the Chamber is in any doubt that Ukraine is geographically part of Europe. However, I think we do need to realise that the people of Ukraine feel they are a truly European society. Current public opinion polls show that over 70% of the people who live in Ukraine support Ukraine’s integration with the European Union. I think that in many of the European Union’s Member States, we can only dream of such a result. So of course, on the one hand, we must condemn the selective application of the law, the violations of human rights, the inhumane treatment of prisoners, the violations of and restrictions on freedom of speech and the persecution of business people just because they support opposition parties; and we must, of course, demand democratic, free and fair elections, in which we should, by the way, help by sending as many EU observers as possible. However, on the other hand, we must not shut the European door on Ukraine. We have to show them that the European Union is open to extensive cooperation with Ukraine – obviously, we must not punish Ukrainian society for the Soviet mentality of its authorities.
Finally, I would like to appeal to President Yanukovych. Mr Yanukovych, there are certain moments in history which are decisive in terms of how you will be remembered. Either you will be among the people who brought the countries of Eastern Europe into Western structures, like Lech Wałęsa, or you will be remembered alongside Alexander Lukashenko."@en1
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