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PN candidate Stefano Mallia: ‘Ukraine is Europe’
EESC intervention of PN candidate for MEP on Ukraine anti-demonstration laws
28 January 2014, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The European Economic and Social Committee held a special plenary session to debate the ongoing events in the Ukraine and call for a concrete plan of action.
During the plenary sitting, Nationalist candidate for MEP Stefano Mallia called on the European Union to act immediately to "help the people of Ukraine to come out of this very dark period."
In his intervention, Mallia said that the crisis in Ukraine should not be seen as a crisis on Europe's doorstep but as a crisis "within our house" and that the EU must give the situation its full attention.
Mallia also addressed two representatives of the Ukraine resistance - Ruslana, former winner of the 2004 Eurovision and now the face of the Maidan protests, as well as Oleksiy Honcharuk, a spokesperson for civil society and himself CEO of a private company in Ukraine - who were both present for the special plenary debate on Ukraine.
Mallia called on them to remain united in their battle for democracy. "It is only by being united that you will emerge victorious from this struggle."
Mallia said it was the responsibility of Europe to act, "because Ukraine is Europe."
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Purcinell nazzjonalist .
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Stefanio,do you,or do you not respect democratically governments any more because they did not deliver what they promised ? Democratically elected governments are elected for a set number of years as stipulated in their constitution agreed by a 2/3 majority in Parliament.So,what is happening in Ukraine is its own internal problem.If that government was not elected by the Majority of the people,then the EU should raise its voice.So let them solve their problem when election time come.
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At this rate why not Africa too.... it would facilitate and cut down bureaucracy on freedom of movement!
