Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-130"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Belarus (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081008.17.3-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-08-Speech-3-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, we are currently receiving conflicting signals from Minsk, and this is already some kind of progress in relation to before, but the recent parliamentary election reinforced the popular Western image of Belarus as a kind of banana republic. On the other hand, the recent release of political dissidents is a welcome development. If it is an attempt by Lukashenko to reach out to the West, let us reward his efforts with our cautious support. But we should be under no illusions about the widespread abuses of human rights and political freedoms in Belarus. Our focus must be the people and civil society of Belarus – a cause that this House has a noble and vital tradition of supporting, even more so after today’s speech by Ingrid Betancourt. The people of Belarus yearn to take their place in the new Europe. They need to know that we care and that we will not ignore them."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2007-05-08--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-11-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-29--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-11-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2008-07-07--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jas Gawronski (PPE-DE ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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