One of the primary reasons for voting "Yes" is to anchor democracy and the rule of law in eastern Europe. In the recent past democracy and the rule of law have shown themselves to be very young children in eastern Europe. They are scarcely developed at all in some parts of it. It is not necessary to look too deeply in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and even Poland where there are substantial ethnic majorities to see the potential for instability in the future. There is the virtual certainty of political unrest and perhaps worse in those countries. There must be a mechanism to resolve these matters in a democratic framework. The framework must be anchored firmly within the European Union. We have a responsibility to play our part in providing that anchor.