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"Mr President, I myself was not a friend of either Mr Ben Ali or Mr Mubarak. I did not welcome them with a hug and an affectionate pat on the shoulder as President Sarkozy used to. I did not welcome their parties into the political federation to which I and my political colleagues belong, unlike the socialists – since Mr Gbagbo’s party in Côte d'Ivoire, Mr Ben Ali’s party and Mr Mubarak’s party were all part of the Socialist International.
This means, therefore, that I am more entitled to say how disgusted – for want of a better word – I am by the treatment reserved for these people today, without interfering personally in any way in the political situation in those countries. I respect the principle of non-interference too much for that. I was not the one who invited Mr Ben Ali to the European Parliament. If you had criticisms to make of Mr Ben Ali, you should have made them at the time. It is too easy to criticise these people after they have fallen.
All across the Middle East and the world, people are aware today that the West does not support its friends, and rest assured that there will be few candidates for our friendship from now on."@en1
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