Mr. Chair, I would like to wholeheartedly thank my colleague for his speech. I had the opportunity to travel with him to Ukraine just over two years ago in order to take stock of the state of human rights and democracy in that country, which should have access to much greater democracy.
According to members of civil society and people we met, there had been a major setback despite significant efforts and progress made in the mid-2000s.
I would like the member to talk about the situation in the past two years, since our trip, including the events that unfolded very quickly over the past few weeks.
Does he think that the damage caused by the Yanukovych regime to civil society and the Ukrainian people is irreversible, or is there still hope for Ukrainian society?