Is there any difference between the forthcoming presidential elections in #Egypt and #Syria? The Europe Union apparently believes that there is. While the #EU has dismissed the Syrian process as a parody of democracy, the European High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, conveyed an entirely different outlook on the election in Egypt during her last visit to Cairo. The EU hopes that the next phase of life in Egypt is going to be very positive, she stated. That said, the policy of isolating the Syrian regime on the one hand and rehabilitating the Egyptian junta on the other defies all logic because their records on human rights are equally awful. Appalling human rights records aside, the Assad and Al-Sisi regimes share another fundamental trait. They both represent the Middle Eastern norm of democracy by selection rather than election. https://middleeastmonitor/resources/commentary-and-analysis/10950-the-eu-and-middle-east-democracy
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 09:38:20 +0000
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