Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-20-Speech-3-627"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ukraine (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101020.25.3-627"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-20-Speech-3-6282
lpv:speaker	lp:György Schöpflin2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, developments in Ukraine clearly illustrate the old saying about how power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The present ruling élite has been exercising power since the election of President Yanukovych and much of what has been done points in the direction of favouring the concentration of power. This is all the more striking if we recall the results of the presidential elections which gave Yanukovych a small majority and demonstrated that he had strong support in the south and east of the country only. Yet – and this is the striking feature of Ukrainian politics currently – there has been a steady movement in the direction of marginalising alternative centres of power. The media, rule of law, the opposition, the autonomy of the state administration, have all been affected. What is particularly worrying is that the secret police have acquired the capacity to intervene very extensively in the affairs of the country. All this augurs badly for the future, especially if Ukrainians genuinely seek a European future, because the system being built by Yanukovych points away from Europe, not towards it. The most that can be said for the changes is that they have brought a degree of stability to the country, but increasingly, this stability foreshadows stasis and immobility. At the same time, it is true, Yanukovych has certainly improved relations with Russia, but has thereby accepted a degree of subordination to Moscow that is new. Whether Ukrainian society will accept this transformation in the longer term is an open question."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"György Schöpflin (PPE )."1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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