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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9155

21 March 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belarus
EU affirms presidential elections did not respect democratic standards and prepares new sanctions

Brussels, 20/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The EU agrees with the conclusions of the OSCE observation mission, according to which the presidential elections of 19 March in Belarus “won” by President Alexander Lukachenko with more than 80% of the vote, did not respect international democratic standards. The Austrian Foreign Affairs Minister Ursula Plassnik declared at the end of the General Affairs/External Relations Council on Monday (see other articles) that , “the preliminary OSCE report...

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