Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-22-Speech-4-220"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The arrest of political opponents in Belarus (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080522.29.4-220"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-22-Speech-4-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Tadeusz Zwiefka2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-03-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-02-13--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2008-01-09--2009-07-13)3 member; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CULT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Belarus, the Belarus of 2008, is a blot on the conscience of all of us. It is shameful that, at the beginning of the 21st century, there is a totalitarian state in Europe. During our Thursday meetings in Strasbourg we discuss breaches of human rights throughout the world. Belarus, however, is the European Union’s closest neighbour. I have the impression that, up to 1989, western democracies did everything they could to liberate many oppressed countries from Soviet occupation. Today, Belarus remains as it was. I have the impression that, although there are no longer many countries, but just one, we are doing less. We are certainly not doing enough. It is clear that we cannot have a direct political and economic influence on what happens in Belarus but we can have an influence on whether independent information, which will stimulate people in Belarus to fight for independence, will be broadcast there."@en1

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