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"Mr President, I would say that the quality of the debate today shows that it was not prepared. We did not need this debate and now is not the time to adopt resolutions on Ukraine, neither today nor tomorrow. I must remind you that six months ago, the country was in freefall and on the verge of falling into chaos. We had political, economic and financial instability – even a deep crisis – but now we have a very different picture. We have to recognise that in the space of a few months, the Ukraine Government has succeeded in bringing the country back to normal; back to political, economic and financial stability. There are problems. We do not deny that. But we must admit that they are listening to our voice; some corrective measures have been taken, for example, on the issues of electoral law and some electoral practices. In this sense, our voice will be heard there as long as we do not cry out on each occasion, but adopt a decent approach to Ukraine. That is why I think we are doing a disservice to our parliamentary committee which is going to Ukraine in 10 days time; we are doing ourselves a disservice in undermining our own role by adopting such resolutions 10 days before the elections. Such a move has never happened before. It is a clear attempt to influence the elections. We should not allow our parliament to be part of this game. Therefore, I propose that we postpone the adoption of the resolution, and that we ask our colleagues in the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee to check with the colleagues there, to discuss those issues …"@en1
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