Erika Ferrer, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Division of the European External Action Service (EEAS), said on Wednesday 23 January that it would be appropriate and ineffective for the EU to normalise relations with the Syrian regime.
"Without any sign of change in the Syrian regime, normalisation would be inappropriate and even ineffective in changing the regime's behaviour", she explained during a hearing at the European Parliament. Several Arab countries have normalised their...