The European Union and the Support of Democratic Changes in Belarus – Acts or Words?
The European Union and the Support of Democratic Changes in Belarus – Acts or Words?

Summary/Abstract: The article critically analyzes the amount of EU financial help donated to Belarus as well as the way the EU aid is distributed among different programs. It focuses at what consequences the extended control of foreign aid to Belarus by state officials brought to the citizens as well as how it affected the EU aid policy. Apart from that, the EU must face another challenge important for the development in Belarus, which is to extend the visa-ban list of the regime representatives whom the Union forbids access to the EU area as well as to increase the number of countries implementing these sanctions. The article also questions the role of the European Commission as such in dealing with countries such as Belarus.

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