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"Mr President, I want to begin by thanking you because you have made a public commitment to support Romania and Bulgaria in their attempt to join the Schengen area. Secondly, Europe is going through an extremely tough period and we need more Europe. What we really need is solidarity, a financial transaction tax, Eurobonds and a multiannual financial framework advocating economic growth, cutting youth unemployment and creating jobs. However, during this difficult time for Europe, we also need more democracy and greater attention to be focused on respecting European values and respecting democracy in Europe. There has been an air of general hysteria in Parliament for about two days to do with democracy in Romania. You have also seen the interventions during today’s plenary. However, I have been present when the discussion was about Berlusconi, about press freedom in Italy and in Hungary, and about the deviations from democracy committed by Orbán, Borissov and so on. The same colleagues from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) supported then the measures taken by Berlusconi, Borissov and Orbán. I say that it is also your duty and you also have the tools you need to check and monitor that democracy is being respected in Europe. I firmly believe that you will discover very important measures that have been taken by the Ponta government, including on press freedom. As of two weeks ago, the press has stopped posing a threat to national security in Romania, which is extremely important for Romania and Europe."@en1
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