Call for EU to study Olympic boycott option

European countries should consider a boycott of the Olympics in Beijing if the Chinese government continues to take a hardline attitude to unrest in Tibet, according to the President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, March 2008.

BBC News, 25.3.08: Sarkozy threat to Olympic opening http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7312815.stm

BBC News, 5.4.08: France sets Olympics conditions http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7332139.stm

European Parliament: Info, 26.3.08: Today in plenary - MEPs debate the situation in Tibet and the outcome of the European Council http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/004-24808-086-03-13-901-20080326IPR24807-26-03-2008-2008-true/default_en.htm

European Parliament: Info, 27.3.08: Tibetan parliamentary speaker says EU should press China to defuse crisis http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/030-24800-086-03-13-903-20080325IPR24799-26-03-2008-2008-false/default_en.htm

European Economic and Social Committee: Press Release, No.26, 2008 http://www.euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/olympics-boycott-justified-eu-parliament-chief/article-171116

BBC News, 10.4.08: MEPs call for EU Olympics boycott http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7340119.stm

Deutsche Welle, 10.4.08: IOC and China Parry as EU Moots Olympic Boycott http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3257602,00.html

BBC News, 27.3.08: Polish PM's No to Olympic opening http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7316477.stm

Deutsche Welle, 27.3.08: EU Parliament Expresses Solidarity With Tibet http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3219087,00.html

Slovenia: EU Presidency: Press Release, 29.3.08: Gymnich: Ministers discussed the situation in Tibet http://www.eu2008.si/en/News_and_Documents/Press_Releases/March/0329Gymnich_presspoint_Tibet.html

BBC News, 28.3.08: Call for Olympic boycott rejected http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7319147.stm

Deutsche Welle, 28.3.08: Olympic Boycott Skirts Human Rights Debate in Europe http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3224333,00.html

European Council on Foreign Relations: The threat of a boycott, March 2008 http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_the_threat_of_a_boycott/

IHT, 10.7.08: Sarkozy says he will will raise human rights issues with China at Games http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/10/europe/EU-EU-Sarkozy-China-Olympics.php

Deutsche Welle, 22.4.08: Dalai Lama Receives Parisian Citizenship, Requests US Help http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3283036,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 21.4.08: German, French Leaders Take Conciliatory Tone Toward China http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3281052,00.html

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