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"Mr President, fourteen years after having won its independence, Ukraine has become a democracy.
As we must go on pointing out, we owe this victory for democracy to, above all, the Ukrainian people themselves. Day after day and evening after evening, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered and mobilised to demand quite simply that they be able freely to exercise their right to vote. It is thanks to their courage and determination that Ukraine has been able to attain democracy.
We also owe this victory to Ukraine’s institutions. I am thinking in particular of Parliament and the Supreme Court which, despite the very many pressures exercised upon them, acted with respect for the law and with a great sense of their responsibilities.
This is also a victory for Europe. For once, Europe said ‘no’ by rejecting rigged elections and fraud on a huge scale. When, moreover, we were in Kiev at the beginning of December, we were proud to be Members of the European Parliament. For once, Europe was able to speak with a single voice and, when Europe decides to bring its weight to bear, it comes into its own and is able to change the course of events. Today, the challenges, like the expectations – of reforms and democracy – are huge. Europe has been equal to a tremendous and significant historic event. The Ukrainian people must continue to be able to count on us both now and in the future. We have a responsibility for their being able to do so. We must not, indeed cannot, disappoint them."@en1
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