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"Madam President, I have observed in this Chamber that our debates and resolutions about other countries are often dominated by party political passion rather than cool assessment of facts. Hence I am more than happy with today’s result, which is balanced and objective. I would like to applaud the Greens, Liberals and Social Democrats for their appreciation of statements made by, and the behaviour of, President Saakashvili after the elections, despite the frequently justified criticisms that have been directed at this President of Georgia.
The same praise goes to our Conservative colleagues for giving the winning former opposition the benefit of the doubt. We agree that the de facto occupation of Georgian territories by Russia should be stopped, but we should also try to behave according to the spirit of our texts, and it is not only for this Parliament’s delegation to raise this issue with Russia: Baroness Ashton, Commissioner Füle and every Commission official at every meeting with Russian colleagues should bring the issue to the table. Perhaps the business leaders of Europe should also talk about it until the Russian Government understands.
In paragraph 10 of the motion for a resolution, we refer to the need for better rules on party financing in Georgia. It is true that such rules are needed, and I agree with my colleague Ulrike Lunacek there. But we should also focus on our own rules, in the context of a new set of rules for political parties and their financing at European level as well as party financing in the various Member States.
I am ashamed to report to this Chamber that the former Communists governing Estonia – important players in the old totalitarian Soviet system – are mismanaging public and private funds in the most cynical ways in order to reinforce their vertical power structure. We should demand that former Communists, who nowadays have the unfortunate habit of calling themselves Liberals, apply the same financing rules that we expect our Georgian friends to apply to their political parties."@en1
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