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"Mr President, if we look at the demands and expectations that we have set out in our resolution on Moldova, we see just how archaic the country still is in terms of democracy and civil society standards. Among other things, we expect the government to respect democratic principles, to uphold human and minority rights, to allow civil society and a parliamentary opposition to exercise their constitutional rights, and to curb human trafficking in general and trafficking in women and girls in particular. These are demands that we made of other countries years ago, and they have already been fulfilled in many regions of Central and Eastern Europe. It is apparent that in Moldova, these foundations of democracy and a market economy have still not been put in place.
The situation is further exacerbated by the status of the
regime in Transnistria, which can only survive with Russian support. Here too, as in Georgia – as we discussed in the previous debate – we see that Russia is not using its influence to stabilise, but unfortunately to destabilise the situation. I really do wish that our governments would address this issue unequivocally, also in connection with Moldova, in their frequent contacts with Russia. It is clear that economic and political stabilisation in Moldova can only be achieved if this conflict is resolved. That cannot happen without Russia. It is a damning indictment that Russia did not pull out its troops by the end of 2003, as it had pledged to do. It does not contribute to a solution if Russia unilaterally submits a plan that simply entrenches the status quo. That is why a peace plan must not only be announced but must actually be submitted in Moldova itself. I would like to see the government and opposition working together on this issue.
As the EU, we must make our contribution to ensuring, for example, that an OSCE mandate, which has been discussed here, can be achieved. I believe that we should stress yet again that multilateral solutions are important in this context, and we must call on Russia, Ukraine and Romania to refrain from taking unilateral steps."@en1
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