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Mr President, Parliament has already passed an urgent resolution. As a result of that, there was a slight temporary improvement. The Serbian leaders do not deny or play down the incidents anymore, but express their regret and distance themselves from the incidents. Meanwhile some of the culprits have been arrested, but have not been sentenced yet. Unfortunately however, the events of recent weeks and months are alarming again. There are more and more incidents against ethnic minorities and assault attempts against leaders of Hungarian organisations. All these indicate that there have been no real changes in Serbia.
The promises made by the Serbian Government have not been kept. It was promised that there would be more Hungarian policemen in Vojvodina. This has not happened. It was promised that there would be a swift and efficient administration of justice in these cases. This has not happened. It was also promised that two committees would be set up to investigate these incidents and reduce the tension between ethnic groups. This has not happened either. The grace period is almost up. The Serbian leadership must understand that there will be severe consequences if they are unable to guarantee the safety of their citizens, or to safeguard order and fundamental rights. Just like Mrs Doris Pack said, there must be consequences. Both in terms of the financial assistance granted to Serbia and in terms of signing the stabilisation agreement.
With my fellow Member, Csaba Tabajdi, we proposed to increase the support granted to Serbia in the next year. Mrs Pack has also referred to this. However, this trust on our side is not unlimited and not unconditional. If there are no real changes in Vojvodina next year, we will have to propose consequences reflected both in the EU assistance granted and in the stabilisation agreement, as our common objective is to ensure that Vojvodina becomes once again a province of ethnic cooperation and ethnic peace."@en1
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