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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11994

5 April 2018
EXTERNAL ACTION / Egypt
Cautious response from EU to expected re-election of President al-Sisi
Brussels, 04/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

During the evening of Tuesday 3 April, an EU spokesperson said the EU "took note" of the results of the presidential election of 26 to 28 March.

This election saw the unsurprising re-election of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, with over 97% of the vote.  The only other candidate, Mousa Mostafa Mousa, is an al-Sisi supporter and his running prevented transforming the election into a plebiscite for al-Sisi.   Other potential candidates were imprisoned or discouraged from participating in the...

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