Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-01-19-Speech-3-509-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Belarus2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110119.25.3-509-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-01-19-Speech-3-510-0002
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, there was no room for doubt in the minds of international observers, and there should be no room for any doubt whatsoever in our minds. The recent presidential elections held in Belarus in December were not fair. They were not fair, and so the policy that we have been conducting since 2008 with regard to the Belarusian authorities, a policy of dialogue with Belarus and an outstretched hand, cannot be continued any longer. This is not the time for ‘business as usual’; this is the time for new decisions, a new policy and a hard line in dealings with the Belarusian regime, by which I also mean both political and visa sanctions, without ruling out economic sanctions. We should, of course, make intelligent use of such sanctions and target them in such a way as to ensure that the lives of ordinary Belarusians are not affected, but we should not hesitate to impose them, including the suspension of Belarus’ membership in the Eastern Partnership. Since the elections were unfair, the results of the elections are not credible. We can thus state, calmly and in full awareness of the facts, that the Belarusian democratic opposition can claim a moral victory in these elections. We should therefore support the opposition in its attempts to create a political representation here in Brussels to represent both its interests and the interests of the whole of free Belarus in its dealings with the European Union and the Member States at a political level. Finally, we should demand the release of those who have been arrested, both the presidential candidates and the political activists, independent journalists, students and university lecturers. They must all be released before we engage in any further talks with representatives of the Belarusian state."@en1
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