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"en.20111027.17.4-247-000"2
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"We have been talking for years about the danger of corruption in developing countries, particularly to the east of the EU’s borders, including corruption in the highest places. Reports on the topic of corruption are often true, of course, while also being full of rumour. There is now a split between Ukrainian society and the media regarding the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Was she or was she not involved in corruption? The proposers of the resolution are convinced that she was not. They are entitled to their opinion. In civilised countries, however, it is the courts that decide on these issues. I do not doubt that courts can make mistakes. Against such an eventuality, the rule of law includes the institution of appeal to a court of higher instance, perhaps all the way to Strasbourg.
I have not heard that the former Prime Minister was denied this right. I acknowledge that this process is lengthy, disagreeable and imperfect. No better one has been devised, however. The resolution suggests that the court was politicised. I do not know. The Commission and the European Parliament, however, have both interfered with it politically. Is the fact that we dislike someone’s opponent really enough to make us stand up for a politician or oligarch suspected of corruption? Or are you also afraid of judgments against corruption in the highest places in the EU?"@en1
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