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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10043
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/afghanistan

MEPs divided between support for EU in Afghanistan and doubts about whether stability is possible

Brussels, 17/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The aim of the EU's new Action Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan is to encourage peace in the region by supporting the 'Afghanisation' process of allowing the country to manage its own problems, explained Cecilia Malmtröm in her presentation of the new Action Plan to the European Parliament. She said that the EU expected Afghanistan to make an effort itself as changes had to be made and five years without change was simply not good enough. She said the...

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