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". – Madam President, let me first of all congratulate the Georgian people on the outcome of these peaceful and free elections. For the first time in modern Georgian history we have seen a peaceful transition of power. It is a great achievement.
However, in a democracy this is not the end: there are huge tasks facing the political class in Georgia and the people of Georgia. The reforms have to continue. There must be cooperation between the winners and the losers, between the President and the new government. The tasks include internal reforms, both political and economic. As social democrats, we would also like to see social inequality being tackled, to see workers’ and social rights bolstered, to see assurances for the trade unions on free and independent movement and free and independent work, so that the rights of the Georgian people are guaranteed.
There has been talk about foreign-policy orientation. The new government has stressed that it will continue on the Euro-Atlantic path, and we welcome that. But there is also a chance to normalise – or at least attempt to normalise – Georgia’s relations with its big northern neighbour, Russia. There is a chance to move forward with the situation in the occupied territories, and I think we will support that.
The Commissioner mentioned the association agreement and the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement. We should pay attention to these matters, and try to speed up the process. In the same way, we would like to see a speeding-up of the visa liberalisation process so that the Georgian people, especially young people, have a chance to come to the countries of the European Union, to engage in exchanges with us, and to move closer to European values and to the nations and people of the EU."@en1
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