Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-16-Speech-4-182-000"
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"en.20120216.23.4-182-000"2
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"Mr President, elections are a fundamental pillar of every democratic system. If such a system is to function, elections need to be fair and free. The other parliamentary elections in Russia reflected the distorted reality in which the country currently finds itself. They were neither wholly free, nor wholly fair. They may have shown that citizens are allowed to express their will in elections, but that will is ultimately not respected. The EU must consistently draw Russia's attention to these matters, and it must establish the consequences in terms of further development of relations. I therefore support the resolution we have adopted today and the provisions for the EU to put pressure on Russia to conduct a thorough investigation of all irregularities that accompanied these elections, in order to draw the consequences from this. This appeal is all the more pressing for the fact that Russia is shortly facing further elections."@en1
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