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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9158

24 March 2006
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/belarus
MEPs call for more support for opposition and “smart sanctions”, Commission assures its full involvement in their preparation - Council will raise situation with Russia: call from MEPs to raise problem at G8 Summit

Brussels, 23/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - During Thursday's plenary debate on developments in Belarus following the Presidential elections of 19 March, several MEPs stressed that the European Union had to raise the matter with Russia, without the support of which the Lukashenko regime could not survive. Yes, “we will talk to Russia,” said Hans Winkler, President of the Council of the EU - the next meetings are the EU-Russia Summit in May and the G8 Summit in July. Mr Winkler said that...

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