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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8685

15 April 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/algeria
Delegation of MEPs hopes presidential election will be followed by more democratic pluralism and genuine freedom of the press

Brussels, 14/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - An ad hoc delegation of MEPs led by Pasqualina Napoletano (Democratici di sinistra, Italy) was in Algeria on 6-9 April for the presidential election of 8 April (when President Bouteflika was re-elected). According to a press statement, Ms Napoletano explained at the end of the visit that the delegation "had no claims to proceeding to an electoral observation at all as we have neither the time nor the human or material resources". Pasqualina said that...

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