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...