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"Many of us here played an active role in the Orange Revolution by helping the Ukrainian democrats at a time of hardship. However, we always stressed the fact that the aim of our involvement in Ukraine was not to support any particular political force, but to help make Ukraine a democratic and free country. Today, we should remember that the European Parliament did not play a role in Ukraine’s internal politics, but acted as a guardian in two very important ways: on the one hand, by upholding and assisting Ukrainians’ European aspirations and, on the other, by upholding democracy, human rights and all the values we regard as European values in Ukraine. I say that the tone of the proposed resolution is not one which will help those who regard themselves as friends of Ukraine. Today’s resolution will only push Ukraine closer to Russia, and to those who say, ‘you will see, there is no room for us in the West. It is closing its doors to us’. We have to be open to Ukraine, we have to tell it what European standards are, and we must keep up the pressure to ensure they are observed, while, on the other hand, we must absolutely prevent Ukraine from returning to the East. I would like to ask Mr Gahler, whose involvement in human rights and international politics I value greatly, why he finds it necessary to use such damning words about Ukraine. I would like to hear from him whether his colleague, Angela Merkel, used such damning words about Russia during her recent meeting with Mr Putin."@en1
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