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Ladies and gentlemen,

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We know what we stand for

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– not least given our own history.

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We stand for peace in Europe.

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We will never accept the use
of force as a political instrument.

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We will always advocate

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the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

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And we will not rest
until peace in Europe is secured.

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And we are not alone in this

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– we are joined by our friends and
partners in Europe and worldwide.

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Our greatest strength
is our alliances!

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It is to them that we
owe the great fortune

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our country has enjoyed
for over thirty years:

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Living in a unified country,
in prosperity

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and at peace with
our neighbours.

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If we want the last thirty years to
be more than a historical exception,

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then we must do
everything we can

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to maintain the cohesion
of the European Union,

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the strength of NATO,

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to forge even closer
relations with our friends,

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our partners and all those who
share our convictions worldwide.

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I am utterly confident
that we can succeed in this.

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Because rarely have we and our partners
been so resolved and so united.

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What unites us at this time is

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that we know the strength
of free democracies.

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We know that when something
finds a broad consensus

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among politicians and the public,

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it will endure – even in this
watershed moment and beyond.

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And so I thank you and all
parliamentary groups in this House

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who have unequivocally condemned
the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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for what it is:

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an absolutely unjustifiable attack

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on an independent country, on the
peaceful order in Europe and the world.

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Today’s motion for a resolution
expresses that very clearly.

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I thank everyone who has
taken a stance against Putin’s war

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– and who has gathered
here in Berlin and elsewhere

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for peaceful demonstrations.

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And I thank everyone who
stands with us at this time

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for a free and open,
fair and peaceful Europe.

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We will defend it.