Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-27-Speech-3-144"
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Mr President, it is very clear from remarks made by Members that the European Parliament is following closely developments in Ukraine.
Let me talk specifically about the election process and EU activities concerning the election, because a lot of Members made remarks about that. As I said, we follow the elections very closely. The basis for our opinion on the process will be the report of the OSCE Election Observation Mission. The EU provides about half of the observers for this mission. On a national basis, several Member States provide funding to NGOs that want to contribute to a free and fair election process. In any case, the EU will not remain quiet once the first round of the elections has been completed. We will issue a declaration clearly expressing our opinion about the election process.
Some Members – Mr Tannock and Mr Wiersma – spoke of the possible poisoning of the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushchenko. We are worried by these reports, but I do not want to speculate about what happened. I am just happy that he is alive and able to continue campaigning, thus maintaining the broad field of candidates from which the Ukrainian people can choose."@en1
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