Brok approves of Morsi's impeachment

(BRUSSELS2) The chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Elmar Brok, made his political comeback on Wednesday (28 August). After a meeting of MEPs, where the Secretary General of the Diplomatic Service, Pierre Vimont, briefed them on the latest developments in the two countries, the German MEP, a veteran of the EPP, spoke on two burning issues this summer: l Egypt and Syria.

The Muslim Brotherhood? Good riddance

For the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission, the overthrow of former President Morsi by the army is not a bad thing. " There was a regime that was elected but used its powers like in the Sinai or other areas to change the country so that it was no longer a democracy and that by helping terrorist groups in the Sinai ". Although he acknowledges that the military response was disproportionate “, if the solution is blocked in the country, it is because of this party. " We see the critical developments of the Muslim Brotherhood. They have not allowed a discussion to take place so far. We call on them to come back to the table to find a solution and abandon the violence they used, even before President Morsi had to leave his post. And to conclude, “ I think such developments are important. It's better than having a closer relationship with the extremists of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas or other ". This at least has the merit of being clear.

A roadmap to democracy out of the crisis

Elmar Brok also hopes that " Mrs. Ashton will be able to develop a relationship that could lead to negotiations between the government and the Muslim Brotherhood to allow a peaceful development towards a roadmap and to help the third, unspoken group which represents the vast majority of people, those of the Arab Spring, the laity, the Christians, the Copts, while 40 churches were burnt down by extremist Islamists. They have the right to be protected despite representing 20% ​​of the Egyptian population ". He also pleaded for the maintenance of EU programs in favor of fragile populations, " It was a good decision to suspend arms exports to Egypt. But when it comes to programs, we have to look at those that help the population and young people. EU programs must help these populations and must be integrated into the democracy roadmap ».

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