Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-055"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.10.3-055"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0562
lpv:speaker	lp:Jelko Kacin2
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lpv:translated text	"Ladies and gentlemen, many in this Chamber will have heard more than once the rhetorical question about the extent of the borders of Europe. After the recent events in Ukraine it has become evident that Europe is definitely larger than many people had previously believed it to be. Despite the harsh eastern winter, the spirit of European democracy is once again decisively on the march. The determination of the demonstrators in Kiev is not an attempt to protect the opposition leader, Mr Yushchenko, but to defend the territorial integrity of Ukraine and to demonstrate their support for the rule of law and a legal state. I also support a united Ukraine, a country that is both our partner and a powerful neighbour. It was not simply a question of the voters deciding between the two candidates. It was, above all, a vote against one of the candidates. They voted against the prime minister, Mr Yanukovich, who, in the eyes of many, represents the oligarchy and a corrupt state. It was and still is an uprising of the humiliated and the outraged. An uprising in the name of human pride and dignity. It is an uprising in the name of basic human rights and this is why the men and women of Ukraine deserve not just our support and our solidarity, but our help and our action. This resistance by people who have nothing to lose represents a last hope for them just as it does for us. For us it represents, above all, a responsibility to put our European institutions in order. I congratulate the Commissioner, and I would like to make one other point. Ukraine has contributed greatly to democracy and peace. She has given up her nuclear weapons, which was an enormous contribution. Now she deserves to be rewarded."@en1

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