02/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a statement published on Thursday 2 July, the European Union says it is gravely concerned at recent political developments in Niger. “The decision taken by Niger's president to invoke Article 53 of the constitution and the dissolution of the Constitutional Court without parliamentary control is a setback for Niger's democracy,” says the Council of the European Union, calling on the Niger authorities to act responsibly and not to undermine their country's...