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"I would like to talk about Russia. According to the European Union’s official position, the blockade of Polish meat products in Russia is a bilateral matter in which Brussels will not intervene. The EU uses the same pretext to avoid demanding Russia ratify the Estonian-Russian Border Treaty. The Kremlin eagerly supports this foolish behaviour. Now Russia is blockading all food imports from the European Union at most border crossing points.
Russia’s next well-considered step was to offer the five leading exporters bilateral agreements for food exporting. Absurd. Russia understands the European Union inside out. Russia is putting our agricultural policy and solidarity to the test. As Mr Vanhanen correctly said: ‘We must open our eyes about Russia.’ In the Putin era Russia is led by people for whom the Cold War was their life and work.
As was the case with that conflict, Europe will emerge triumphant only if it remains true to its core values, democracy and human rights. I wish the new president luck."@en1
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