DISINFO: The EU is offering a bribe to Belarus for "democratisation"
SUMMARY
Brussels has estimated Belarusian sovereignty at 3 billion Euros. The European Union has prepared a comprehensive plan of financial support for Belarus in case the country starts democratic transformations.
The comprehensive plan of economic support, and in fact the payment for the surrender of national sovereignty, provides for a long-term investment package in the amount of 3 billion euros for Belarus.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the lost sovereignty and Belarus.
EU's comprehensive plan of economic support is neither a bribe nor the price of the national sovereignty of Belarus. Democratisation does not imply giving up sovereignty.
The plan, of up to €3 billion, reflects the European Union's commitment to supporting the Belarusian people's wishes for a peaceful democratic transition in the country following the Presidential elections of August 2020, which were neither free nor fair.
Once Belarus embarks on a democratic transition, the EU will activate the €3 billion package, a mix of grants and loans leveraging public and private investments, to help Belarus to stabilise its economy, reform its institutions to make them more democratic and help increase the economy's resilience, growth potential and job creation.
More details about the EU support can be read here.
See also European Council conclusions on Belarus regarding the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.