Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-039"

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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	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.10.3-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Helmuth Markov2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (2004-07-20--2006-10-04)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 treasurer; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, although I have no orange scarf around my neck, I feel myself no less close to Ukraine than you do, for I spent six continuous years of my life in Kiev. The correct result of these elections must be put on the table – on that we agree. No matter how this election may have turned out, though, the main thing it shows is that Ukraine is deeply divided – territorially, politically and ethnically. This division is to a substantial degree the result of international interference going back long before this election and very much to the detriment of the Ukrainian people. Mr Putin gave his favoured candidate massive backing and wasted no time in congratulating him on his victory. In his own country, the Russian president is doing away with elections for the heads of the Russian regions, some of which are no smaller than the whole of Ukraine. President Bush is concerned and criticises the way the election was conducted, seemingly having forgotten the grave doubts about the propriety of his first election and the numerous complaints about his second. Innumerable advisors have given logistical support to the opposition in Ukraine. For months, this election has been dressed up as a choice of direction – with Russia or with Europe, as if Russia were not itself part of Europe to a substantial degree. Ukraine, however, cannot throw itself into the arms of one single ally. If it wants to resolve its serious economic and social problems, the right thing for it must be a good relationship with all its neighbours, both new and old, and this it must be allowed to build up under whichever President, without empty promises, admonitory finger-wagging or unconcealed arm-twisting. The people of Ukraine must take their decisions democratically and independently, and they will."@en1

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