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I think that it will take a long time to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union and it will be a long road. Using my personal experience as a former foreign minister of neighbouring Hungary, I can say that Ukraine has come a long way, and since the Orange Revolution there is now no major question that Ukraine wants to get closer, that Ukraine wants to be a democratic country, wants to be a market economy. Nevertheless, it is still has a long way to go before it completely complies with EU norms and principles.
We have two options. Either we can be too demanding and push Ukraine away from the European Union, or we can be more tolerant, more cooperative, and bring Ukraine closer, bearing in mind that the domestic political situation in the country is not that simple. Ukraine is now facing general elections that will be a test of democracy in the country, whatever the outcome. What we have to take into consideration is not the outcome of the election, but the democratic nature of that event, which will be a test for Ukrainian democracy."@en1
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