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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11640

7 October 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Colombia
MEPs believe peace is still possible despite referendum result 
Brussels, 06/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

During a plenary debate on Wednesday 5 October, the majority of political groups at the European Parliament said that peace remained possible in Colombia on the basis of a renegotiated agreement.  This is borne out by the ceasefire reaffirmed by both the Colombian government and the FARC, following the disappointment of the referendum result.

The co-leader of an EU delegation that acted as an observer for the Colombian referendum, Jáuregui Atondo Ramón (S&D, Spain), asserted that "peace...

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