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"Madam President, very often when we talked about our neighbours, we used the term ‘stabilisation’. Today, we should feel ashamed of having talked about ‘stabilisation’, because we often did so out of concern for our own comfort zone, to feel good about ourselves. Frequently, the term ‘stabilisation’ was not accompanied by any real will to conduct a dialogue with our neighbours – the neighbours of the European Union. It is excellent that the concept of ‘stabilisation’ does not feature in the Siwiec and David report. It is also excellent that Commissioner Füle, who is listening to us, does not use the term ‘stabilisation’. We should be talking about integration. Integration does not always mean fast accession to the European Union. For many countries, this is certainly not possible.
I would like to talk now about our neighbours to the east. There, we really must talk about a reunification with Europe, about integration, knowing that this is a very difficult and long road. We must be realistic, but we must forget about stabilisation, because stabilisation, in our European Union language, often meant supporting regimes, and we should be honest with ourselves about this. So, on the one hand, I am glad that there is more money for neighbourhood policy in the new budget, but I would like to ask the Commissioner, and anybody else involved, to allocate money to the EFD (European Fund for Democracy), which is the fruit of the Polish Presidency, and to make sure that this money will be forthcoming. This is a specific instrument which shows that we want integration, particularly with the younger generation. This is why we should be talking about a new breath of life as regards the Eastern Partnership, about some great initiative – maybe the University of the Eastern Partnership? We must achieve this. We must send signals today that despite internal problems, despite the crisis in the Union, we have something new to offer. This is what our neighbours need today, and especially the younger generation. If we fail to do this now, there will surely come a moment when we need their support for some issue or other, and they will then remember that we rejected them in difficult times."@en1
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