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"Mr President, as you all can see, something is going on here. It is not the case that all is sweetness and light. I would like to say something about Eastern policy and partnership policy, which we are trying to redefine.
There are several dates which I would like to point out to Mr Tusk and the whole of his delegation. If the association agreement with Ukraine is initialled by the end of this year, there is a chance it will be translated next year and, following translation, signed by the partner countries. If it is signed, it might be ratified before the elections in Ukraine in 2012. It could then be ratified in the European Parliament in 2013 and become a fact. If the agreement is not initialled in this half-year at the EU-Ukraine Summit, it will simply evaporate. This is not just a question of a two- or three-month delay. So I would like to say, Mr Tusk, that you have an exceptional opportunity at the Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw to point the way to a new driving force for Neighbourhood Policy and Eastern policy. One of the classical writers – there is still disagreement as to who it was – once said: ‘if not us, then who; if not now, then when?’ I dedicate this to you, Mr Tusk."@en1
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