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"Madam President, of course I agree with those who say that, in a time of war and given the capital flight that Ukraine is facing, we have no option but to give them support and to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
However, I think it is vital that we do not just give the money, but that we insist, as the Commission has indicated it will, that human-rights reforms are genuine in Ukraine, that corruption is properly tackled in Ukraine, that democracy is properly embedded in Ukraine and, above all, that the money does not end up in the pockets of oligarchs.
I have heard people say that, of the EUR 1.83 billion, a billion will go to the people of Ukraine and EUR 0.83 billion will end up in the pockets of the oligarchs. That cannot be allowed to happen, so the Commission must monitor this money very closely.
We will hear, of course, that the situation in Ukraine at the present time is difficult, but I think the message we have to send as a parliament is that the crisis Ukraine is living through at the present time should be the catalyst for fundamental reform, not the excuse for postponing it."@en1
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