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"Many thanks, Mr President. Poland has good reasons for attaching particular value to both the United States’ presence on the European continent and to cooperation between the EU and the USA. This is because of our geopolitical situation and historical experiences. Yet at the same time, Poland wishes to be a committed and entirely credible member of the European Community. We feel European, and we see our future as intimately bound up with that of the European Union. This places a clear duty on us to undertake efforts aimed at achieving the best possible relations between the EU and the USA, as we are aware of their particular value. The aim of such relations is security and stability, both inside and outside the Euro-Atlantic area. Another way to ensure this security and stability, and perhaps even the most important way, is through support for democracy wherever a chance presents itself of achieving such democracy. This results from a faith in our values and from the conviction that putting power in the hands of citizens is the best guarantee of stability and security.
What requirements must be met to achieve democracy? Firstly, societies must consent to the assistance they are offered. Secondly, the root causes of threats to stability, whether economic or social, must be eliminated. Finally, and this is an important point; extensive cooperation must take place within the Euro-Atlantic structure. Many examples can be found to demonstrate the importance of these three requirements for the attainment of our goals. The latter have not been attained in Iraq or in the Middle East, where it is difficult to talk of success, although the situation in Afghanistan has already improved somewhat. We can, however, celebrate a genuine triumph in Ukraine. We acted in line with the wishes of the people of Ukraine and eliminated the root causes of threats. In addition, extensive cooperation took place within the Euro-Atlantic structure.
Yet we should not forget that long-term support and long-term cooperation, in particular between the European Union and the USA, are needed to ensure long-term success in Ukraine. The proposed common foreign policy, provided for in the Constitutional Treaty, may prove to be an important instrument, allowing Europeans to act appropriately. This policy leads us to hope that our support for a free and democratic Ukraine will have the desired effect. I thank you."@en1
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