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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8943

10 May 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/togo
Commission takes note of election of Faure Gnassimgbe to Togo presidency -call for national reconciliation and respect for human rights and public freedoms

Brussels, 09/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - The official proclamation of the election of Faure Gnasimgbe (son of the late president Eyadema) as the new President of Togo on 24 April, which as sharply contested by the opposition, was welcomed without enthusiasm by the European Commission. After having expressed its concerns about the violence surrounding these elections (EUROPE 8938), the Commission simply took note of the results and called for national reconciliation. The Commission also used...

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