EU enlargement to the East as a process of reconciliation

In a joint initiative, the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" and the Dutch paper "De Volkskrant" have begun a debate about Europe. Readers can make their comments on related articles published by the two media in the Internet. Jacek Pawlicki calls for Ukraine to be allowed to join the EU for historical reasons: " As far as Poland is concerned, Ukrainians can be sure. They are welcome. We Poles are in favour of EU enlargement to the East. Not only because we see it as an opportunity. The political advantages of being in the EU are obvious. Joining the EU gave us a political orientation that took us out of the shadow of Moscow. We would like to share this opportunity with others. Solidarity is the key. We see enlargement as a historic process of reconciliation. The West owes something to the East. Yalta is for us not only a tourist resort on Crimea peninsula. It is a symbol of political treason. More than 50 years ago West bought prosperity and security form Kremlin selling us to the Soviets. Now is pay back time."

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