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10. Reiterates its view that a firm defence of human rights and democratic values should be a core principle of any EU engagement with Russia; urges the Commission to ensure that these values will not have a subsidiary status in the EU-Russia negotiating package and to set down in the new EU-Russia PCA clearer obligations and more efficient monitoring mechanisms, in addition to the human rights clause; also urges the Commission to ensure that any financial assistance granted to Russia is linked to the development of democratic standards in that country; notes that Russia still needs to make progress towards ...[+++]becoming a more democratic country and fully respecting human rights;

The majority of its Members were and still are worthy of our approval, because it has avoided any split between super-Commissioners and second-class Commissioners, because it is closely aligned with our ideological values, and because, overall, it is closer to the opinions of the majority of Europe’s citizens.

In this connection, there can be no neglecting that more vulnerable, silent section of Europe's population, whom legislative inertia all too often prevents from taking a leading role but whose civil and moral contribution remains invaluable.

In this connection, there can be no neglecting that more vulnerable, silent section of Europe's population, whom legislative inertia all too often prevents from taking a leading role but whose civil and moral contribution remains invaluable.