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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9155

21 March 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ep/commission/belarus
MEPs call for release of opponents - Verheugen says Belarus “last real dictatorship in Europe”

Brussels, 20/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - In their first reactions to the Belarus elections (see other article on Council debates), MEPs expressed their concern and called for the release of opponents. In a press release German Green Elisabeth Schroedter deplored the fact that, “the ad hoc delegation that I chair has not been authorised to observe these elections”. In an interview she called on western countries to not recognise the victory of Loukachenko. The president of the EPP-ED group,...

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