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"Mr President, Europe is today facing two problems. The first is the need for a new vision of the Neighbourhood Policy. I was in Tunisia recently, and I saw how much is being expected of the European Union. We are in permanent contact with Ukraine, and I know that there, too, they are hoping for more – more opportunities for the development of social cooperation and more contacts, and they are hoping that we do not retreat into our European selfishness. I know it is difficult for you to carry out your work, Mrs Ashton, because you are on your own and it was not you who decided this – this is how the EEAS was set up – but the impression is being given that in the autumn, we thought Belarus was the most important issue, while today – a little like children who have become interested in something else – we are looking at North Africa. What is needed is a new vision of the Neighbourhood Policy, and that, today, is in your hands. In recent months, you have shown you are a strong person and that you are up to this task. Perhaps Europe should not, today, as in the days of ancient Rome, be defending itself along a Limes line, along the Rhine or some other place, but should be proposing a bold political vision, not just one concerning the problem of immigration, but a political vision. One might say that the fate of Europe, today, at this historic moment, is in your hands, Mrs Ashton, and we are very much counting on this."@en1
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