Beielousse opposition still awaiting “concrete” gestures from European Union

The international conference on Belarus organized in Vienna, Monday, highlighted the hesitations of Europe against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko.

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Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya, the main representative of the Belarusian opposition in exile could not hide some disappointment at the end of the international conference on his country organized in Vienna, Monday, November 22, and who gathered representatives of Several European states, including France. If she greeted “a courageous initiative” and a “first step for a real change in the country”, however, the young woman could only “hope for a new meeting soon to have concrete decisions”, lack of real ads at the end of this day.

Wednesday, the opponent must be received in Strasbourg by the European Parliament and its president, David Sassoli. With this new tour, she hopes to recall the urgency of support for civil society from her country and the promises made in August 2020, after the presidential element that the Europeans had tried “nor free or equitable” and who had resulted in the Renewal of the leader Alexandre Loukachenko. M me Tsikhanovskaya had, at the time, had to go into Lithuania.

In May, it is the diversion to Minsk of a line plane carrying the opponent Roman Protassevitch who had brought the Europeans to formulate new convictions. The Belarusian regime has replied by pushing thousands of migrants to the borders of Lithuania since July since July. The European Union (EU) debate of a fifth patch of restrictive measures and the Commission had to announce, Tuesday, decisions aimed at airlines that participated in the transport of migrants to Minsk.

M me Tsikhanovskaya claims decisions that “must target state enterprises”. Many observers consider, as it, that the measures adopted so far have gaps and no longer prompted Mr Loukachenko to loosen the vise in which he maintains his country.

Sanctions do not can not be the only language

The opponent has also implored the European ministers of foreign affairs to cease “any contact with the regime”, saying that “Any agreement signed with him is ungregulated”. In order to try to solve the crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, called twice Mr. Lukashenko last week – after servicing with Vladimir Putin. And the high representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, conversed with the Belarusian Foreign Minister, Vladimir Makei, yet cited among those likely to be sanctioned for their role in the attempt to destabilize the EU, contested on migration, one of its weaknesses.

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