Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-07-12-Speech-4-025"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-07-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Negotiation mandate: enhanced EC-Ukraine agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070712.3.4-025"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-07-12-Speech-4-0262
lpv:speaker	lp:Janusz Onyszkiewicz2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Unia Wolnosci/Partia Demokratyczna - demokraci.pl (2005-06-17--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2007-02-27--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, today we are discussing the agreement between the European Union and the largest country in Europe, after Russia. Ukraine is, geographically speaking, the biggest country in Europe, and for thousands of years it has participated in and helped to shape European culture. For years it has been expressing its very clear aspirations to join the European Union, as it believes that the provisions of our Treaties, which state that any European country has the right to join the European Union, are more than just empty words. The Ukraine is also very important to Europe. This point has been mentioned on a number of occasions in this House and also features in the draft report. If only because of energy issues, Ukraine should already form part of the European energy security system and actions such as the construction of the Odessa-Brody pipeline, Ukraine's involvement in the Nabokov pipeline project or incentives for action within the framework of GUAM are perfectly appropriate. It has been mentioned here that Ukrainian political institutions are not mature enough for European Union membership. This may be true today, but I do not think that Ukraine's institutions and Ukrainian democracy are in a worse state than the situation we are dealing with in Turkey. We should also remember that, if we do not count the Baltic states, Ukraine is the most democratic of all the countries which emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. That is why we should give Ukraine the green light."@en1

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