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"Mr President, allow me to start by apologising on behalf of our rapporteur, Tanja Fajon, who cannot be here today. I would like to pass on her, and our, collective warm congratulations to Moldova on its achievements. Following its entry to the visa-free regime with the EU as the first country of the Eastern Partnership, Moldova is today making history again as we form another milestone in its relations with the European Union.
Our message to the people of Moldova is how extremely important it is that the benefits and advantages of this agreement are also felt by you. Once fully implemented, the agreement will provide for better consumer protection and food safety, improved access to health services, with more diverse and efficient use of energy resources and renewables, and lower energy bills. Important reform-minded governance will bring better functioning of the judiciary and a strengthened rule of law and increased transparency. This agreement will not only help Moldova integrate into the EU’s internal market and bring benefits for the business sector with more opportunities for SMEs, but it will also improve trade and investment opportunities and thus contribute to economic recovery and growth.
However, this and other agreements should not be characterised as being about spheres of influence. We should signal that we wish for dialogue with Russia, not competition, in relation to what is our common neighbourhood. However Europe cannot – and must not – be deterred from advancing our relations with Moldova and its neighbours if the sovereign governments of this and the other regional countries wish to do so with us. I think it is also right to say that we should not hold this debate without recommitting ourselves to working towards a solution for Transnistria.
My group believes in Moldova’s power to succeed in its efforts to develop a social, prosperous, just and modern society. We want to work together to build together the future of Moldova in the interests of the citizens. This is what the people of Moldova deserve. Moldova’s future is a European future and it is a future within the European Union."@en1
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