Contradictory reactions. It is not easy to keep one's balance in the face of ongoing developments in the Mediterranean countries of the Arab spring. Reactions within the EU are in a state of flux. Some have expressed concern and disillusionment with regard to a number of unacceptable deviations that have occurred in Egypt, and uncertainties surrounding the final outcome of the conflict in Libya and the election results in Tunisia. Others have pointed out that there has never been a...