Brussels, 17/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 16 February, the French delegation in the EPP Group at the European Parliament explained why it had not backed the joint resolution on Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.
At the vote on 16 February, EPP coordinator on foreign affairs, Cristian Preda, stated that the EPP had not signed the joint resolution because the way the resolution was written drew a parallel between Saudi Arabia and Islamic State (IS). Indeed, according to the text, Saudi Arabia...