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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9734
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/mauritania

European Parliament condemns coup d'état

Brussels, 05/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a common resolution from EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, Greens and GUE/NGL adopted on Thursday 4 September, the European Parliament condemns the military coup perpetrated on 6 August this year by the Mauritanian generals. The coup constitutes violation of constitutional legality and of the democratic results of Mauritanian elections acknowledged at international level. Judging that this military coup, the second in three years, is a step backward from the...

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