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"This joint motion for a resolution is happy to recycle some old familiar sound bites. Of course it is true that the situation in relation to human rights is, unfortunately, less than ideal. The European Union has committed itself to maintaining human rights. The way in which the opposition and its leaders have been treated is, of course, to be condemned. Nonetheless, the EU is once again playing the moral card with one country, while forgetting to do the same with others. The EU is using the same arguments as the US, demanding, among other things, the abandonment of the Ice Hockey World Championships, forgetting however that the US itself is very picky about which international laws it chooses to observe. Breaches of human rights in other countries, such as Turkey, are simply noted, if any attention is paid at all. In the case of Belarus, strict measures are immediately demanded that threaten the much-vaunted good neighbourly relations with Belarus and Russia. As I am not convinced that the EU should be allowed to apply double standards, but prefer to believe that it should treat all states with tolerance and fairness, I am unable to vote in favour of this report."@en1
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