19. The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media (debate)
Commission statement: The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Bogdan Klich, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marek Maciej Siwiec, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Aldis Kušķis, Joseph Muscat, Rolandas Pavilionis, Charles Tannock and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):
- Bogdan Klich, Barbara Kudrycka, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Charles Tannock, Karl von Wogau, Alfred Gomolka and Aldis Kušķis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on support for the independent media in Belarus (B6-0411/2005);
- Graham Watson and Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on support for the independent media in Belarus (B6-0413/2005);
- Elisabeth Schroedter, Milan Horáček and Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on independent media and the political situation in Belarus (B6-0420/2005);
- Jonas Sjöstedt and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Belarus (B6-0424/2005);
- Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marek Maciej Siwiec and Joseph Muscat, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the attacks against democratic forces and support for the independent media in Belarus (B6-0426/2005);
- Rolandas Pavilionis, Konrad Szymański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0428/2005)