Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-14-Speech-3-297"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Common strategy on Ukraine2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010314.13.3-297"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-14-Speech-3-2982
lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to sincerely thank Finland's former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Väyrynen, for his admirable work. On 7 February this year, the Swedish Presidency commented on the general situation in Ukraine and, at that time, highlighted the disappearance of the journalist, Georgiy Gongadze, whose fate touches us all. Ukraine will soon be a neighbour of the EU. Mr Väyrynen's report deals with our immediate neighbours once the EU is enlarged. We can see a similar development in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, with increased political unrest, antidemocratic tendencies, economic recession, increasingly authoritarian regimes and reduced political pluralism. As the first Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's delegation to these three countries, I am concerned about this development. I have had the opportunity to meet various representatives in the country, for example the young mayor, Natalia Gnatyuk, and the leader of the young people's movement of the Uniate Greek Catholic Church, Andriy Yaniv. Their message to us was: do not forget the importance of ethics and religion in our country's development. I would like to direct two questions to Commissioner Patten, who is doing an excellent job for the EU as regards foreign policy. Firstly, I wonder how the Tacis programme and the partnership and cooperation agreement can help to strengthen ethical and moral principles, particularly in the areas of commerce, politics and civil society – something that is necessary in a country like Ukraine. Secondly, I wonder whether, in light of the fact that both countries are developing in the same direction, it is tenable or reasonable in the long term to treat Ukraine and Belarus as differently as we are at present. Can we isolate one country, but not the other?"@en1

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