Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-05-Speech-2-311"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050705.32.2-311"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-05-Speech-2-3122
lpv:speaker	lp:Marek Siwiec2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-02-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2007-02-14)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, what we are doing today amounts to nothing less than describing what could be termed the stagnation of a crisis. News of this crisis has reached us, and we have all seen the pictures of demonstrations, victims and people who have been beaten up. These people later go to prison, and we send protests and wait for the next pictures to appear on television. What all this means is that we are in fact incapable of doing much at all. We cannot do much, and we should at least have the honesty to admit that to ourselves. Today’s debate on the media deals with only one small aspect of the harsh reality that prevails in all areas of life in Belarus. On behalf of my group, I should like to call most emphatically on the Commission to take the compromise resolution which has been drafted, and which will be tabled tomorrow, as an inspiration for its actions. There is one additional point we should not forget. Despite the fact that it is so late, and that we have such a small audience, we should be honest with ourselves and admit that the European Union, by which I mean all of us in this Chamber and the Member States, will be powerless and helpless until we hold talks with Russia on the issue of Belarus. We hold talks with Russia on various matters, the most popular of which are gas and various profitable interests, but we have not asked Russia for its real opinion on the situation in Belarus. It is very convenient for Russia and for President Putin for there to be a country that they can look down on in that part of Europe, and for there to be a regime that can be seen as the black sheep of Europe. Lukashenko and his exploits are tolerated and subsidised by means of cheap gas and oil, and the European Union agrees to it. We should at least admit to ourselves that the Lukashenko regime is convenient for Russia, and that we agree to this. Khodorkovsky’s imprisonment pales into insignificance in the face of what is happening in Belarus. We tear our hair out and protest about Khodorkovsky, but precious little is said about Lukashenko’s anonymous victims. Unless we take concrete steps to strengthen civil society, these people will lose their most important asset, which is hope. That really would be the end."@en1

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