Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-16-Speech-3-195"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Belarus (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091216.15.3-195"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-16-Speech-3-1962
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacek Protasiewicz2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, why has my political group insisted on having the resolution after the debate? Not only to express our support for the decision taken by the Council – because this is a wise decision and a proper decision and I agree with both your arguments – but the main reason is the increase in repression that has happened in Belarus quite recently. The resolution will refer to all those cases and, if any are abandoned during the drafting of the resolution, you may be sure they will be proposed as an amendment, either by the EPP in written form or by me in oral form tomorrow. There is another issue which has been revealed by the media only today, namely a new draft law prepared by Alexander Lukashenko designed to totally control the Internet, as in China or even in North Korea. I think that we should also refer to that. Why are these issues happening in Belarus? My private opinion is that it is partly due to the unconsidered – let me say, unwise – visits by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who met Alexander Lukashenko and praised him as a democratically elected leader but did not find time to meet with the opposition, and also, a little earlier, by the President of Lithuania, who has invited Lukashenko to Lithuania, in an ill-considered way, I would say. Finally, let me refer to this morning’s speech by Sergei Kovalev who said, citing Sakharov, that the Western world should offer and demand. This is the issue. We should offer deep cooperation with Belarus, but we should also demand from the Belarus authorities real progress in the area of human rights, democracy and freedom."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2012-06-04)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-30--2012-06-04)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jacek Protasiewicz,"1 "on behalf of the PPE Group."1
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