By treating Lukashenka as a favored business partner at the same time that the EU is trying to isolate him as an international pariah, European hypocrisy stands naked. Instead of indirectly propping up Lukashenka’s regime through such cozy deals, Europe’s governments must begin to act in accordance with what Europe’s parliament has long understood: underwriting Lukashenka economically only prolongs his misrule.
一边把卢卡申科作为优先照顾的贸易伙伴，一边又把他作为国际无赖加以隔离，欧盟的做法处处显示出赤裸裸的伪善。欧洲政府应该按照欧洲议会早就明白的原则行事，认识到在经济上支持卢卡申科只会延长他的暴政，而不是以舒舒服服的现成交易来间接支持卢卡申科的政权。