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"Madam President, Commissioner, we have reached the final, today, or rather the semi-final, of work in connection with a review of the European Union’s Eastern policy. We might say that the Neighbourhood Policy was once designed as a kind of ‘consolation prize’ for countries which were not going to accede to the European Union. What is the situation like today? What are the countries like which are included in the policy?
It can be said that the policy is a list of successes – different kinds of success – because it is not possible to say in a word what has been achieved in those years by Moldova in comparison with Ukraine and, for example, with the tragic situation in Belarus. It can, however, be said that in these countries, more European values have appeared, more and better law is being made, greater concern for people is in evidence and economies are working much more efficiently – and we have played our part in this. This is the effect of Eastern policy, which today is called the Eastern Partnership.
If we are talking, today, about the fact that we want to conduct a review of this policy, then it is crucial to say that we want to see that these countries, in a variety of ways and at different speeds, are going to move towards our values – towards what the European Union offers them. If it is an à la carte policy, then let those countries show initiative, and let us respond well to those initiatives. We want, to a greater degree, and this is written in the report, to make Neighbourhood Policy something for the citizens, the elite, journalists and young people. We want them to see what our life is like, and that it is worth organising life in the way we do. We want, in the long run, to make it easier to travel to the European Union – we want the visa system to be easier.
Let us also say, as we do in the report directly: yes, this policy needs money. However, the money which the European Union allocates to this should be better spent, should reach those for whom it is intended, and should sometimes bypass states and any state administration which is capable of wasting that money. Finally, let us say something about the conflict. For there is a conflict in this Chamber about the fact that we are not able or do not want to say clearly what the wording is ..."@en1
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