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Mr President, earlier today the House adopted a resolution on the legacy of the Solidarity movement born 25 years ago. It was more than a historical resolution, however, as it was also partly an appeal to solidarity within the European Union. We are now working on a resolution concerning Belarus, and this resolution should be an expression of our European solidarity towards those who need solidarity shown to them at present, as is certainly true of our friends in Belarus, the Belarussian people.
One might well ask why another resolution on Belarus is needed, when the last one was only adopted in July, just before the summer break. As the Commissioner rightly pointed out, however, the situation in Belarus is changing very rapidly. The political situation is getting worse with every month. The latest development to come to our notice concerned Mr Lukashenko’s administration’s crackdown on the democratically elected leadership of the Union of Poles in Belarus. The whole of the civilised world saw for itself how the largest organisation in Belarussian civil society was persecuted and its leaders brutally deprived of their office.
As a Polish Member of the European Parliament, I would like to offer sincere thanks to the Members of this House who helped and supported us in those difficult times. Representatives of all the political groups were involved. I believe the help and support provided by other Belarussians who share the same fate as Poles in Belarus was equally important. In particular, I should like to thank representatives of the Belarussian opposition for their support of the Union of Poles in Belarus at this difficult time. It points to the emergence of a network of solidarity in Europe. This network enables people who often needed help themselves in the past to support those who are currently in difficulty.
In my view, the European Commission should also be congratulated on the matter referred to by the Commissioner, that is, on the first signs of a review of the European Union’s policy towards Belarus. These are good signs, and I trust the good work will be kept up."@en1
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