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"Mr President, I see eye to eye with my valued fellow MEP, Mr Dupuis, on a number of counts, but completely disagree on others. I welcome the fact that two points will be addressed during this meeting, namely the development of the civil capacity to manage conflicts, and the conflicts which affect Macedonia. For what have we been witnessing in Macedonia for years now? That it is indeed a fragile state which is only held together by the wisdom of presidents and government leaders – particularly the present ones – and of a number of political leaders who have managed to establish mutual coalitions and have not set about carving up the state of Macedonia. As long as ten years ago, the Macedonian Albanians came to us with a list of the regions in which they did not have a majority. This line of thinking shows that the seed of ethnic cleansing had already been planted. We must avoid going down that road at all cost.
That is why it is also important that we are doing something about this, mainly by civil means, as is currently happening under the guidance of Mr Patten. I am also extremely taken with the serious plea by President-in-Office Lindh on this matter. And we will not only be using the regular means, but really all instruments which must be deployed in a coordinated manner, but particularly those which touch the hearts of the nation, and which can bring about a change in the citizens’ mentality. For example, Paragraph 7 of our resolution is about better radio and TV reporting. This topic has been discussed many a time in this Parliament, also during the Bosnian wars, because radio and TV have a huge impact on what people think, and how they view each other. I believe that it is of utmost importance that this weapon is also being deployed as one of the civil channels, not only via the independent media which exist, but, if necessary, from an independent base in the European Union, so that we can actually influence the population in those regions and put an end to the atrocious ethnic thinking which will be the downfall of the Balkans as a whole.
Mr President, I am delighted at the fact that the Commission’s actions have already been spelled out clearly. It is important that these are widely known. The actions of the Commission in the Presevo Valley are crucial and I hope that Mr Patten will take the necessary action in the other border regions too."@en1
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