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"The honourable Member accuses me of being too brief. I try not to go on too long in response to questions, so that people have greater opportunity to ask more questions, but obviously I can read out page after page of well-meaning and well-intentioned prose, if she would prefer.
Of course, we condemn any violence, and there have been all too many acts of violence in Algeria, and we also argue strongly for the promotion of women's rights and of individuals' rights in general in Algeria. We have followed developments in this sensitive field with considerable attention. I note that President Bouteflika has himself recently criticised the existing Algerian family law, for example. The European Union within certain limits can certainly aim to act as a catalyst for change through the financing of projects and positive actions as well as through its regular political dialogue with the authorities. The conclusion of an association agreement will make this process easier through the institutionalisation of our bilateral political dialogue.
Perhaps I can repeat one other thing. We have just had the annual discussions in the Human Rights commission in Geneva. It is a matter of some regret that we found ourselves so often on the opposite side of the argument to Algeria in our espousal of the universal validity of human rights. I hope the association agreement and the dialogue which that will promote will mean that we will have fewer of those disagreements in the future, because we support the development of people's human rights and the protection of their civil liberties everywhere in the world."@en1
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