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2016/2934(RSP) Resolution on the situation in Belarus

Progress: Procedure completed

Events

2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B8-1232/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1233/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1234/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1237/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1238/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1239/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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B8-1240/2016
2016/11/24
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents
RC-B8-1232/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2016/11/24
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 468 votes to 21, with 93 abstentions, a resolution on the situation in Belarus.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups.

Insufficient progress as regards human rights : Members remain deeply concerned by the shortcomings observed by independent international observers during the 2015 presidential and 2016 parliamentary elections . They recognised the attempts to make progress, which are still insufficient. Counting and tabulation of the 2016 legislative elections saw a significant number of procedural irregularities and lacked transparency.

Parliament called on the Belarusian authorities to resume work without delay on a comprehensive electoral reform as part of the broader democratisation process and in cooperation with international partners and ensure that domestic and international observers may be present at the municipal elections in March 2018. This is key to achieving the desired progress in EU-Belarus relations.

Members expressed their concern that since 2000 no new political party has been registered in Belarus. They called for all restrictions in this regard to be abandoned.

The Belarusian authorities are called upon to:

ensure respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international and regional human rights instruments ratified by Belarus; rehabilitate the political prisoners released and to fully restore their civil and political rights; top the harassment of independent media for political reasons; allow the full, free and unhampered legal functioning of public associations and organisations.

Death penalty : Parliament urged Belarus, the only country in Europe still applying capital punishment, and which has recently resumed executions, to join a global moratorium on execution of the death penalty as a first step towards its permanent abolition. The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission are called upon to strongly prioritise the abovementioned concerns at the ongoing EU-Belarus Human Rights Dialogue.

Nuclear safety : Parliament is concerned about the safety problems raised by the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets , less than 50 km from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and close to the Polish border. It stressed the need for comprehensive international supervision of the implementation of this project to ensure that it complies with international nuclear and environmental safety requirements and standards. It called on the Commission to include the issue of safety and transparency of this nuclear power plant under construction in its dialogue with Belarus and Russia.

Sustaining the EU’s commitment : Members called on the EU to sustain the momentum for the further normalisation of relations with Belarus. They reiterated the view that existing differences can be best addressed through enhanced channels of communication and that further engagement of the EU, and notably the European Parliament, in a dialogue with Belarus and in particular its citizens and civil society, as well as with the parliament and various political parties.

Parliament lends its support to the EU in its policy of ‘critical engagement’ with the Belarusian authorities, and expressed its readiness also to contribute to it via its Delegation for relations with Belarus. It called on the Commission to monitor the legislative initiatives closely and to scrutinise their implementation.

Documents
T8-0456/2016
2016/11/24
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2016/10/26
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament

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RC-B8-1232/2016 - Am 3 #

2016/11/24 Outcome: +: 275, 0: 165, -: 158
PL IT GB DE RO SE SK HU BG HR LU CZ SI MT IE LV LT DK AT BE FI CY PT NL EL ES EE FR
Total
42
58
51
78
28
15
10
12
14
10
6
16
5
6
7
6
8
9
16
17
12
4
19
23
11
45
6
63
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30

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11

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4

Slovakia PPE

4

Hungary PPE

8

Bulgaria PPE

6

Croatia PPE

5

Luxembourg PPE

3

Czechia PPE

6

Slovenia PPE

4

Malta PPE

3

Ireland PPE

3

Latvia PPE

4

Lithuania PPE

2

Denmark PPE

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Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Austria PPE

5

Belgium PPE

4

Finland PPE

2

Cyprus PPE

1

Portugal PPE

5

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5

Greece PPE

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11

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Tunne KELAM
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19
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Raffaele FITTO
1

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16

Germany ECR

4

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For (1)

Monica MACOVEI
1

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3

Bulgaria ECR

1

Czechia ECR

2

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1

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Anders VISTISEN
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2
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1

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Julia REID, Raymond FINCH
8

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Beatrix von STORCH
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Tibor SZANYI
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Mady DELVAUX
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Nessa CHILDERS
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Andrejs MAMIKINS
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Josef WEIDENHOLZER
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8

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Aymeric CHAUPRADE
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Eleonora FORENZA
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Martina ANDERSON
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Stefan ECK
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Malin BJÖRK
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Kateřina KONEČNÁ
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Rina Ronja KARI
1

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Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

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Takis HADJIGEORGIOU
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Anja HAZEKAMP
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10

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Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
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Janice ATKINSON
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Laurenţiu REBEGA
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Gerolf ANNEMANS
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Davor ŠKRLEC
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Claude TURMES
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Tatjana ŽDANOKA
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Bronis ROPĖ
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Margrete AUKEN
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Heidi HAUTALA
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Indrek TARAND
1

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Catherine BEARDER
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Charles GOERENS
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Ivo VAJGL
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Morten LØKKEGAARD

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Morten PETERSEN
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Angelika MLINAR
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RC-B8-1232/2016 - Am 4 #

2016/11/24 Outcome: +: 304, -: 268, 0: 26
PL CZ BG NL BE GB SK LT FI HR EE SI SE IE LV LU HU DK RO AT MT CY DE PT EL ES FR IT
Total
42
17
14
23
17
50
11
7
12
10
6
5
15
7
6
4
14
9
28
16
6
2
80
19
11
45
65
56
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7

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6

Netherlands PPE

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4

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5

Lithuania PPE

2

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2

Croatia PPE

5

Estonia PPE

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Tunne KELAM
1

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4

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4

Ireland PPE

3

Latvia PPE

4

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2

Hungary PPE

8

Denmark PPE

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Bendt BENDTSEN
1

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11

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5

Malta PPE

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Cyprus PPE

1

Germany PPE

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Portugal PPE

5

Greece PPE

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Theodoros ZAGORAKIS
4

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11

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Alain CADEC
19

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9
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7

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5

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Abstain (1)

Viktor USPASKICH
3

Finland ALDE

4

Croatia ALDE

2

Estonia ALDE

Abstain (1)

Jana TOOM
3

Slovenia ALDE

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Ivo VAJGL
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Marian HARKIN
1

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Charles GOERENS
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Ryszard CZARNECKI
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2

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15

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Raffaele FITTO
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Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
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Bruno GOLLNISCH

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Aymeric CHAUPRADE
2
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Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
1

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Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

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Janice ATKINSON
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Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

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2

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17

Italy ENF

4
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38

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Against (1)

Kateřina KONEČNÁ
1

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Abstain (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

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Abstain (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Finland GUE/NGL

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Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

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Malin BJÖRK
1

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Rina Ronja KARI
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Takis HADJIGEORGIOU
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Stefan ECK
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Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ
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Heidi HAUTALA
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Davor ŠKRLEC
1

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Indrek TARAND
1

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Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1

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2

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Margrete AUKEN
1

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3

Germany Verts/ALE

13

Spain Verts/ALE

4

France Verts/ALE

5
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Poland S&D

3

Czechia S&D

3

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4

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Belgium S&D

3

United Kingdom S&D

18

Slovakia S&D

3

Lithuania S&D

1

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2

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Marju LAURISTIN
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Nessa CHILDERS
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Andrejs MAMIKINS
1

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Mady DELVAUX
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13

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Ana GOMES
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13

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12

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24

RC-B8-1232/2016 - Résolution #

2016/11/24 Outcome: +: 468, 0: 93, -: 21
DE PL FR GB IT ES RO BE NL SE AT BG CZ PT HU FI SK HR LT DK MT LU IE EE SI LV CY EL
Total
73
42
61
50
52
44
28
17
23
15
18
13
17
19
14
12
11
10
8
9
6
5
6
5
4
7
2
10
icon: PPE PPE
170

Germany PPE

27

Poland PPE

19

France PPE

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Alain CADEC, Nadine MORANO
18

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8

Spain PPE

10

Romania PPE

11

Belgium PPE

4

Netherlands PPE

5

Sweden PPE

4

Austria PPE

5

Bulgaria PPE

5

Czechia PPE

7

Portugal PPE

5

Hungary PPE

8

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2

Slovakia PPE

5

Croatia PPE

5

Lithuania PPE

2

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Bendt BENDTSEN
1

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3

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2

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2

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Tunne KELAM
1

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3

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4

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1

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Abstain (1)

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS
3
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18

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Guillaume BALAS
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Claude MORAES
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13

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13

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3

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3

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4

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5

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Olga SEHNALOVÁ

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Jan KELLER, Pavel POC
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Ivo VAJGL
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Raffaele FITTO
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Anders VISTISEN
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Tatjana ŽDANOKA
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Beatrix von STORCH
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Rosa D'AMATO
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Udo VOIGT
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Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
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Diane DODDS

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Diane JAMES, Steven WOOLFE
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Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK
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Janice ATKINSON
1

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4

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Laurenţiu REBEGA
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Gerolf ANNEMANS
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Martina ANDERSON
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Anja HAZEKAMP
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Kateřina KONEČNÁ
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Marisa MATIAS
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    • date: 2016-11-24T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2016-0456 title: T8-0456/2016 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 468 votes to 21, with 93 abstentions, a resolution on the situation in Belarus. The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, ECR, ALDE and Greens/EFA groups. Insufficient progress as regards human rights : Members remain deeply concerned by the shortcomings observed by independent international observers during the 2015 presidential and 2016 parliamentary elections . They recognised the attempts to make progress, which are still insufficient. Counting and tabulation of the 2016 legislative elections saw a significant number of procedural irregularities and lacked transparency. Parliament called on the Belarusian authorities to resume work without delay on a comprehensive electoral reform as part of the broader democratisation process and in cooperation with international partners and ensure that domestic and international observers may be present at the municipal elections in March 2018. This is key to achieving the desired progress in EU-Belarus relations. Members expressed their concern that since 2000 no new political party has been registered in Belarus. They called for all restrictions in this regard to be abandoned. The Belarusian authorities are called upon to: ensure respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international and regional human rights instruments ratified by Belarus; rehabilitate the political prisoners released and to fully restore their civil and political rights; top the harassment of independent media for political reasons; allow the full, free and unhampered legal functioning of public associations and organisations. Death penalty : Parliament urged Belarus, the only country in Europe still applying capital punishment, and which has recently resumed executions, to join a global moratorium on execution of the death penalty as a first step towards its permanent abolition. The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Commission are called upon to strongly prioritise the abovementioned concerns at the ongoing EU-Belarus Human Rights Dialogue. Nuclear safety : Parliament is concerned about the safety problems raised by the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets , less than 50 km from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and close to the Polish border. It stressed the need for comprehensive international supervision of the implementation of this project to ensure that it complies with international nuclear and environmental safety requirements and standards. It called on the Commission to include the issue of safety and transparency of this nuclear power plant under construction in its dialogue with Belarus and Russia. Sustaining the EU’s commitment : Members called on the EU to sustain the momentum for the further normalisation of relations with Belarus. They reiterated the view that existing differences can be best addressed through enhanced channels of communication and that further engagement of the EU, and notably the European Parliament, in a dialogue with Belarus and in particular its citizens and civil society, as well as with the parliament and various political parties. Parliament lends its support to the EU in its policy of ‘critical engagement’ with the Belarusian authorities, and expressed its readiness also to contribute to it via its Delegation for relations with Belarus. It called on the Commission to monitor the legislative initiatives closely and to scrutinise their implementation.
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