Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-02-24-Speech-3-188"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-02-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of civil society and national minorities in Belarus (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100224.18.3-188"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-02-24-Speech-3-1892
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacek Protasiewicz2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2012-06-04)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-30--2012-06-04)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, As Chair of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Belarus, I often have contact, not only with representatives of the opposition, civil society and non-governmental organisations, but also with representatives of the official authorities. I hear the arguments they use, how Belarus has the right to adopt certain international standards at its own pace. Theoretically, the European Union should not put pressure on this responsible, sovereign country, because responsibility for the internal situation in the country is borne by its authorities. Theoretically, it would be possible to agree with such a course of action, if not for the fact that in these international standards, which Belarus itself accepted when it joined the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, human rights are not an internal matter. As happened recently in Iwieniec, a small town in central Belarus, when the authorities used, and I would say abused, the police force against a group of elderly people, pensioners, led by Teresa Sobol, who had, on her own initiative, raised considerable funds, mainly from abroad. She used this money to renovate a ruined building in the town centre. She then transformed the building into a vibrant cultural and social centre for the Polish minority. The police were sent to these people before a court had ruled on the legal status of the building. Next, people called by the activists as witnesses are not being allowed to appear in court to testify and make it a fair trial. This is not a pace of adopting international standards. This is a departure from international standards, standards to which Belarus has committed itself and which it promises us to respect as part of its dialogue with the European Union. Therefore, I would like to say one more thing. We can talk about sanctions, and the time will come for this. However, it is most important that the economic assistance which is being considered should be conditional upon abandoning this kind of practice and on true, real liberalisation and democratisation in Belarus."@en1
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