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"The idea of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) has been introduced into the more general EU debate on the review of the EU’s policies and actions promoting democracy, following the events in the southern Mediterranean. The Polish Council Presidency has made the EED one of its presidency priorities and has worked with all stakeholders to advance the idea. In my view, any new initiative or body for the development of democracy must have a distinct added value to existing EU instruments and organisations, above all, in order to avoid duplication and overlapping between the EU’s democracy-building instruments and efforts. While acknowledging that the striving for democracy is expressly stated as a core principle of the EU's external action, I am concerned that several developing countries are currently experiencing a period of development only in economic terms, without freedom or democracy for their citizens. Finally, I stress the importance of setting up an accountability mechanism to report back to the EU institutions, including the European Parliament, on the EED’s allocation of funding, in order to ensure the necessary transparency."@en1
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