In his 2011 speech, Stefan Fule, a Czech diplomat in charge of the European Union enlargement policy, said: Europe should have backed democrats, not dictators. The statement came in the wake of the Arab Spring. Fule added: The crowds in the streets of Tunis, Cairo and elsewhere have been fighting in the name of our shared values. It is with them and for them we must work today [and] not with dictators who are, as we speak, spilling the blood of their own people with utter disregard for human life. Fules statement came in 2011, but fast forward to 2014, and some are asking: What happened to the statement about not supporting dictatorships? Not much has happened, especially when we look at other dictatorships surrounding the Council of Europe - Azerbaijan being a prime example.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:05:12 +0000
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