01/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The arrest of a member of the Egyptian parliament and head of the liberal al-Ghad (“Tomorrow”) opposition party has been condemned by the ALDE group of the European Parliament. Its president, Graham Watson, calls on President Moubarak and the Egyptian authorities to free the MP and respect the spirit and the letter of the Euro-Mediterranean agreements. “2005 marks the 10th anniversary of the Barcelona process and represents an opportunity for a new stimulus to EU-Mediterranean relations. This kind of politically-motivated arrest of the leader of the only real opposition movement in a country dominated by a single party sends all the wrong signals- that Egypt still has far to go on the road to democracy”, he commented.