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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9591

31 January 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/egypt
Egyptian opposition guilty of “treason and acting with a foreign power” if they work with European Parliament

Brussels, 30/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Leader of the Egyptian Parliament Fathi Sourour, who is also a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) has accused Israel of being responsible for the adoption, on 17 January, of a European Parliament resolution critical of the human rights situation in Egypt. Sourour, quoted by Al-Ahram of 23 January, says that the text is “worthless” and “contains lies”. It could, however, compromise EU relations with the Arab world. The...

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