Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2014-12-17-Speech-3-755-000"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, it has been a long and complex day, but this has been an extremely significant debate and sets the tone for a new chapter in EU-Georgia relations. It is clear that the deep and comprehensive free trade area will have a long-term beneficial effect on Georgia’s economy and its citizens and their lives. Already nearly one-third of trade in Georgia is with us in Europe. That will massively increase following this agreement. I want also to give credit for the reforms that have started there. I met the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Georgian Parliament today and was able to celebrate with him some important steps towards – if I may say so – social democracy, under the lead of the current government, the Georgian Dream coalition, including a labour code and anti-discrimination law and reform of the prison system. He told me, and asked me to tell the House, that this agreement is about us dealing with the country of Georgia and not being involved with, or creating any internal differences between, individual political parties within Georgia. This Parliament has my own Group’s commitment on that. Potential worries remain, of course, in particular in relation to the areas of justice and concerns about selective justice. Clearly there must be avoidance of using the judicial system in any sort of political way. Let me finish by saying that Croatia is the tenth Member State to have ratified the Agreement, but my country has not. I hope my country will get rid of its mealy-mouthed approach and ratify as quickly as possible."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Richard Howitt (S&D ). -"1
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