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"The regime of Bashar al-Assad’s
Party is virtually isolated on the international stage, is showing the first signs of disintegration, and has already been condemned by
the United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union and the United States.
The day on which we have awarded the Sakharov Prize 2011 to five leading players in the Arab Spring, two of whom are Syrian, is a time to remember the people who have been victims of the regime’s police and military forces – the UN is already talking about 5 000 deaths – and to hope the international community will be able to keep up the pressure on it, so as to contribute to real change in Syria. I am bound to regret that, despite the recent promises made by Mr Assad regarding a new constitution, free elections, and freedom of the individual and of association, the reality shows that these have not, to date, gone beyond empty declarations.
It falls to the European Union to support the efforts of the moderates taking centre stage in the desire for change in Syria, and to work towards making possible the realisation of the Arab Spring that this Chamber is celebrating today."@en1
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