{"id":12175,"date":"2018-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-welcomes-the-establishment-of-parliamentary-groups-on-tibet-in-france-and-in-the-czech-republic\/"},"modified":"2018-10-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T22:00:00","slug":"ict-welcomes-the-establishment-of-parliamentary-groups-on-tibet-in-france-and-in-the-czech-republic","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-welcomes-the-establishment-of-parliamentary-groups-on-tibet-in-france-and-in-the-czech-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT welcomes the establishment of Parliamentary groups on Tibet in France and in the Czech Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nThe International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the recent establishment of two parliamentary groups on Tibet in France and the Czech Republic, an important sign of the continuous support for the Tibetan people in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CTA president Dr. Lobsang Sangay at the inauguration of the Parliamentary Group for Tibet at the Senate of the Czech Republic in Vald\u0161tejnsk\u00e1 on 9 October 2018. (Photo: Sontash)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The new Czech Parliamentary Group for Tibet, which was created at the initiative of Dana Balcarov\u00e1 (Pirate Party) and Marek Benda (Civic Democratic Party) in September, was officially launched this week, coinciding with the visit to Prague of the Central Tibetan Administration\u2019s President Lobsang Sangay. It brings together over fifty representatives from both Chambers of the Czech Parliament, making it the largest parliamentary group for Tibet in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 The new French National Assembly\u2019s Tibet group President Ms. Elisabeth Toutut-Picard and her husband during an audience with the Dalai Lama in September. (Photo: Olivier Adam)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In France, the Study Group on Tibet of the National Assembly (the French Parliament\u2019s lower house), which was first created in June 1990, was also fully reinstated this month, and is now composed of 17 deputies from various political groups. It will be chaired by Elisabeth Toutut-Picard, a health and environment specialist who belongs to the Party of President Macron La R\u00e9publique en Marche. This new group will work hand-in-hand with its counterpart in the French Senate the International Information Tibet Group, headed by Senator Michel Raison and composed of 23 Senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn view of the dire situation that continues to prevail there, it is of utmost importance that Tibet remains on the agenda of international and national politics, and we are therefore heartened by the establishment of these two groups,\u201d said ICT\u2019s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten. \u201cIt is all the more welcomed in the Czech Republic, where China\u2019s influencing efforts in recent years have resulted in a U-turn of the traditionally supportive position of the government on Tibet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the growing investments of Chinese state-backed companies in various sectors of the economy \u2013 including for example in Travel Services, the country\u2019s largest airline, or major financial group J&T \u2013 has indeed induced Czech leaders to \u2018silence\u2019 voices critical of China and its human rights abuses \u2013 a 180 degree shift in a country whose post-communist policies strongly promoted human rights. In 2016, the Czech President Milos Zeman for example denied a proposed medal<\/a> to a Holocaust survivor after his nephew, the Czech Culture Minister Daniel Herman, met with the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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