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The European People's Party has asked President Viktor Yanukovych and Ukrainian authorities to ensure that the period of political stability is used for the systemic reforms Ukraine so drastically needs but not for silencing the dissenting voices, intimidating mass media and replacing political pluralism with a monopolized state vertical and to stop their anti-democratic actions and any interference in internal party activities of the opposition and ensure its unhindered participation in the local elections. Read the full statement here.