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United Kingdom @timloughton has submitted for a Backbench Business Committee debate on the UK’s representation at the Beijing Olympics, alongside a cross-party Early Day Motion calling for UK officials to boycott the games tabled @MPIainDS @Siobhain_Mc @amcarmichaelMP.

European Parliament Engin Eroglu MEP has submitted a formal parliamentary question asking the European Council to reconsider whether EU representatives should attend the Beijing Olympics and to issue advice to European firms acting as commercial sponsors for the game.

Germany @GydeJ MdB has submitted a question to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas calling on the government to make a public commitment to staging a diplomatic boycott of the Games.

Italy Senator @LucioMalan will deposit a motion encouraging broadcasters to use the opportunity presented by the Beijing Olympic Games to dedicate programme time to discussions of human rights issues in China.

Czechia A resolution submitted by @PavelFischer calling on government leaders not to attend the Games and for UN officials to investigate atrocities in the Uyghur and Tibetan Regions will be debated in the Senate this week.

Switzerland @FabianMolinaNR will submit an interpellation to the Federal Council calling for a diplomatic boycott of the Games and asking what guarantees the IOC has sought on press freedoms during the Games.

Lithuania @DSakaliene, Member of the National Security and Defense Committee, together with Žygimantas Pavilionis, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, are preparing to register a resolution calling for state officials to decline invitations to attend the Beijing Olympics.