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"Mr President, today’s debate shows that the European Parliament and the Union as a whole recognise the importance of Ukraine as our partner, but as a partner which can be relied upon to maintain certain standards. We are not indifferent to Ukraine, we want Ukraine to be a fully-fledged partner in Europe, but we want it to be a partner which inspires respect, upholds human rights and is ruled by law. The imprisonment of Yulia Tymoshenko and other opposition figures means the current President and government of Ukraine have not chosen this European route. Changes to the justice system, improvements on human rights, introducing local government, and all of this together with free and fair elections – this is the way for Ukraine to confirm that it is heading for European integration.
However, let us give an important signal to the citizens of Ukraine, here, from the European Parliament, that firstly we are not talking about a boycott of Euro 2012, but that in return, we do expect the release of oppositionists being held in prison and we do expect free and fair elections."@en1
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