Lukashenko ‘Inauguration’ Lacks Legitimacy, EU Says

Lukashenko ‘Inauguration’ Lacks Legitimacy, EU Says
European Union flags outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Oct. 14, 2018. Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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The European Union says Aleksandr Lukashenko’s sixth inauguration as the leader of Belarus lacks democratic legitimacy and only deepens the nation’s political crisis.

The bloc also said it’s reviewing its relations with Belarus.