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member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
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"Mr President, Mr Füle, the European Union has a very serious problem with its neighbourhood policy, which must be corrected. We have shifted from our necessary tutelage over the Mubarak and Ben Ali regimes –a collaborative approach which as I say was necessary– to a situation in which we are now seeking to decry these dictatorships and also seeking to have a degree of tutelage over the revolutionary process for democratic change staged by some sections of civil society.
The revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt have something in common. The protesters are very young, the role of political organisations has been negligible –although this has not been the case with trade unions– and both revolutions are demanding a democratic welfare state, with religion completely out of the picture, which is something we should rejoice in.
However, our neighbourhood policy has been lacking in credibility. One cannot play a necessary collaborative role towards two dictatorships one day only to revile them the next day and seek to have tutelage over the Egyptian constitutional reforms, which will shape the future state.
Mr Füle, we fail to understand why Article 2 of the association agreements has never been implemented. Clause 2 has never been implemented. Not in Egypt, not in Tunisia, not in Morocco, not in Israel. Never. This clause is a key element of the association agreements, yet it has never been implemented. Its terms are very clear: any countries signing association agreements with the European Union must observe international law and human rights. This key clause has never been put into practice, it has never been activated. Therefore, we do not share this philosophy whereby free trade takes precedence over human rights in the Mediterranean region.
This is what needs to be changed, Mr Füle."@en1
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