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"Mr President, as we state in our resolution, and as Mr Protasiewicz mentioned, the Belarus regime chooses self-isolation.
Unfortunately, it isolates not only itself but also the Belarusian people. This is not what we want. In our resolution and in our demands, we express solidarity with the Belarusian people. We want to show them – and we want them to know – that here in the European Parliament, in the European Union, we express our solidarity, our help and our hope that, in a similar way to Belarus’s neighbours, Belarusian society and the Belarusian state will one day move along the path towards more human rights, more civic rights, more democracy and the rule of law.
The Belarusian economy is in dire straits. If we look at the budget deficit, the current account deficit and the future prospects, there is no way for an improvement without reforms. These reforms are not possible without reforming society, engaging in dialogue with young people, independent groups, the opposition, journalists and trade unions. Only in this way can a society – whether it is the Belarusian society or any other – be stable, and only in this way can both the society and the economy improve.
This is what we wanted to express in our resolution, part of which, of course, comprises our demands to release all political prisoners, no matter what their political affiliation. This is what we would like to express in our joint resolution. I think it is the view not only of the Socialists and Democrats but all democratic groups in this House."@en1
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