European Parliament
Fatuzzo (PPE-DE ).
(IT)
I would like, if I may, Mr President, to address the Belarusian Head of State. Mr Lukashenko, I see from page 13 of the Marset Campos report that you have stopped paying pensioners their pensions: you are paying them extremely late. I would like to propose to you a method which is used here in some European States when they can no longer pay pensions. In Italy, for example, a law is passed stating that a certain category of citizens will no longer receive pensions. So why are you paying pensions late, Mr Lukashenko? Pass a law – you have the authority to do it – suppressing a large proportion of pensions in Belarus. That way, you will be able to do legally what is currently perceived to be just poor administration on your part.

