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"Mr President, dear colleagues. Ten days ago in Belarus steps were taken which have distanced the country even more from democratic Europe. And Belarus has already been a neighbour of the EU for half a year. It is one thing for us to be more or less tolerant of a regime turning into an autocracy because it is far away, it is something altogether different, when a state, whose borders are barely thirty kilometres from Vilnius, one of the capitals of the EU States, is becoming unpredictable. Ties with Russia, where anti-European moods are spreading, and where some of the gains of democracy are being removed, are becoming stronger and this has a certain influence on Minsk. While supporting the position of the Council, I also believe that in the time left before the 2006 presidential elections it is necessary to adjust in principle EU policy on Belarus, to adapt it to new conditions. It is doubtful whether measures, which partially support the efforts of Belarus' rulers to isolate themselves, the country and its inhabitants, are effective. Generally speaking in the age of television, computers and information, self-isolation can only be successful over a historically short period of time. We must draw Belorussians into true cooperation with the European Union, offer the hope of being a fully entitled democratic part of Europe. Lithuania and Belarus' other neighbours have specific plans. These include the broadcasting of a free radio programme, the publishing of an opposition newspaper and the foundation of a European University of the Humanities in exile. Additional EU funding is needed in order to implement these ideas. Note that after 17 October, not double, but ten times more resources are needed for the creation of a civil society in Belarus."@en1
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