Furthermore they call for further pressure on the Lukashenko regime through the use of "smart sanctions - severely affecting the perpetrators of oppression without adding any further suffering to the citizens of Belarus" as well as "an international freezing of the assets of Belarusian authorities abroad, restrictive measures against companies directly and personally linked to senior officials of the regime and the freezing of the personal assets of President Lukashenko and his close advisors".
Pirms balsojuma Eiropas komisārs Markoss Kiprianu apsolīja, ka Komisija pārskatīs pret Dāniju un Austriju sāktās procedūras, ņemot vērā Parlamenta un ES Padomes vienošanos iepriekšējās sarunās par abiem likumprojektiem.