Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-109-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"bg"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.5.2-109-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-110-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrey Kovatchev2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (2009-08-24--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; AFET (2012-01-23--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Füle, I wish to address those in power in Ukraine and tell them that we will not tire of insisting that honest, fair and democratic elections should be held where opposition parties and leaders can participate, including Ms Tymoshenko and the other politicians who are currently in prison, because Ukraine matters to us. We have stated on numerous occasions our desire for Ukraine and the 45 million plus Ukrainians to have a European perspective. The obstacle preventing this is not Yulia Tymoshenko, but the family-type, oligarchic structure created in Ukraine in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse. Unfortunately, this family oligarchy clearly has no desire to reform the country based on a European model. What is paramount for them is to preserve the financial channels for getting rich. Ukraine is not the only example of this. The further east we go from Berlin, the more difficult the democratic transition is. We have heard verbal assurances many times from those in power that they will find a solution to the Tymoshenko case and those involving the other opposition leaders. I was at the conference in Yalta last September where President Yanukovych declared in front of Carl Bildt and other colleagues of mine that there would be a positive development in Ms Tymoshenko’s situation by the end of 2011. Not only has this not happened, but we are seeing the situation evolve precisely in the opposite direction. We have not called for a boycott of the European Football Championships as a sporting event. On the contrary, I am calling for this opportunity to be used to encourage the reforms in the country and confirm the European perspective ahead of Ukraine. However, this event must not be used in any way by the Ukrainian ruling group for self-promotion, which must be guaranteed by those European politicians who are considering going to Ukraine."@en1
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