Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-17-Speech-4-951"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091217.16.4-951"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-17-Speech-4-9502
lpv:speaker	lp:Diogo Feio2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Belarus has deservedly been given the unflattering sobriquet of the last Soviet republic in Europe. Despite the progress that has been made in some aspects of that country’s political, social and economic life, it is clear that none of the reforms implemented there can yet justify rejecting that deplorable description. In Belarus, elections are not free, there is no freedom of expression, association or demonstration, and repression by the authorities is increasing. The European Union is in danger of being inclined to follow a line of appeasement with this dictatorship, as it did with Cuba. I think it will be wrong if it does so and does not make it clear that the values of democracy and freedom are not only non-negotiable but also inseparable from any agreements to be made with Belarus. The European Union must therefore maintain and strengthen its contacts with the democratic opposition in Belarus to keep faith with those to whom Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for their fight to democratise that country."@en1

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