Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-028"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Ukraine2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.10.3-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Bronisław Geremek2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2008-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2008-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-24--2007-03-14)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Unia Wolnosci (2004-07-20--2005-06-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, each institution has a moment which becomes enshrined in its history. The European Parliament’s donning of the colour orange today will go down in European history. This House is facing its defining moment, which will decide the role of the European Parliament in the Europe of the future. I should like to express my great satisfaction at the fact that the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament have been united in their positions on an issue as important as Ukraine. Parliament was actually the first to understand the significance of the colour orange in Europe. In 1981, the Congress of Warsaw Trade Unions, held in Gdansk, home to the Solidarity Trade Union, appealed to working people all over the world, and particularly in the Soviet Union. This bore fruit, and today the colour orange reminds us of the solidarity that is at the basis of Europe’s existence. There is a connection between the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, the Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. The issue at stake here is freedom, and Europe’s future depends on the concept of freedom. What is it we want at present? I would like the Polish Parliament’s voice to be heard, as it was the first to give an official welcome to a representative of the Ukrainian opposition, and to protest at the lies. I would like the European Parliament to state clearly today that it will not accept lies or deceit, and that it will not recognise the elections. I would also like it to make clear its expectation that truth and the principle of the rule of law will be victorious in Ukraine as well, and that no one can override this principle by means of violence. In view of this, I would like the European Parliament to express its solidarity with those waiting in the cold on the streets of Kiev for results acceptable to them. Let me add that we expect the political negotiations under way in Kiev, with the participation of Europe’s major institutions, such as the European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE, will deliver a solution that restores freedom. Finally, I should like to say that Ukraine has opened itself up to Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, Europe must open itself up to Ukraine."@en1

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