Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-13-Speech-4-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Results of Ukraine elections2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050113.3.4-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-13-Speech-4-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Glyn Ford2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I had the privilege of being part of the European Parliament's election observation mission to Ukraine on polling day. I was deployed in a rural area about 80 kilometres from Kiev and saw, as any individual observer does, only a microcosm of the story across the whole country. However, I also saw the overall picture as reported by the OSCE election observation mission. It is clear that there was an essential integrity to this election that was lacking in the earlier one. The margin of victory was of an order of magnitude greater than any possible margin of fraud. It was clear that the majority of Ukrainians had chosen Mr Yushchenko and not Mr Yanukovych as their President. It was essentially a victory for the urban intelligentsia and the rural population over the urban working class. Yet at the same time it was also victory for cleaner politics over deeply soiled politics. The celebrations in Independence Square in Kiev on Boxing Day evening, welcoming the rebirth of democracy in Ukraine, were an inspiration. I welcome the election result as an affirmation of democracy, even if doubts remain over all aspects of the social and economic programme espoused by President Yushchenko. The EU will need to look again at its engagement with Ukraine, at least in terms of quality, if not in terms of quantity. At the same time, if Ukraine is not to be torn apart between east and west, rural and urban, President Yushchenko must seek to build bridges, not with the deeply flawed politicians that preceded him, but with the constituencies that they represent."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ford (PSE )."1

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