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"Mr President, most EU citizens agree that the Union must play a larger role on the world stage. The Council should play a larger role in this regard, but it is often paralysed or inefficient as a result of internal disagreements.
The Commission will hopefully set a good example this coming year, starting in Europe. In Turkey the negotiations must proceed smoothly and care must be taken to see that they stay on the right track. There is much work to do in the Balkans: Bosnia needs help to start forming a state and Macedonia needs to prepare for the start of membership negotiations. In addition, of course, the European Union will hopefully make an important contribution to the rebuilding of Kosovo and with any luck by the end of this year or some time next year a solution will have been found to the question of its status.
We very much want the Commission, however, to continue with the Black Sea initiative it has undertaken. It is very important for the European Union to strive for regional cooperation around its borders. What will the Commission do in terms of the Central Asia strategy that was recently approved by the European Council?
In this respect, I also wish to ask if we may expect further development of the energy policy that Parliament requested earlier this year. This is very important, including with regard to relations with the region I called ‘zonet’.
Then there is the European Neighbourhood Policy. I think that the priority this coming year must be to conclude the negotiations with Ukraine: in this respect we hope – and Parliament will discuss this tomorrow afternoon – that a situation can be created in that country that will allow, over the coming years, for a new type of agreement, a form of association, under which Ukraine can continue the reform process with the new government towards further integration with the European Union.
In that process Moldova must not be forgotten either, as it is in need of a new partnership agreement. I hope that the Commission will also present proposals on that issue next year.
Naturally we must also look at how to handle a country like Georgia: this is something we will also debate tomorrow afternoon and we would ask the Commission to be proactive in this regard.
Finally, there has been very little progress with Russia so what can we do to move things forward? We would suggest renewed action after the presidential elections."@en1
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