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"Mr President, through this agreement we are offering Ukraine the greatest tool the EU has at its disposal: access to our single market in all senses. Such an agreement will not only improve our ties with our eastern neighbours, it will also provide Ukraine with the impetus to make reforms: reforms to improve transparency, tackle corruption and improve the economy. Reforms will not happen overnight and they will not happen without pain but in the long run Ukraine will be able to take her rightful place as a Western country, with open and stable markets, capable of standing on her own two feet.
In Europe this Association Agreement means not only that we gain the partnership of a long-standing and, one might say, long-suffering friend but also that we will gain a stable marketplace in which our producers and our businesses can fully engage. Of course, in order to open our markets to each other we must also ensure that some fundamental norms and standards are put in place. That is what this agreement seeks to do, and especially to ensure that basic rights are maintained for all workers coming to and from Ukraine. Today marks a new chapter in EU-Ukraine relations, a process that will be to our mutual benefit, and no one should get in the way of that."@en1
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