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EU reaction to Egypt coup: ‘awkward, disturbing’
EU Observer ^ | 04.07.13 @ 20:24 (July 4) | Andrew Rettman

Posted on 07/04/2013 1:22:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai

EU countries are unsure how to react to the Egyptian army's removal of President Mohamed Morsi from power.

Ambassadors from the 28 EU states discussed Egypt at a meeting in Vilnius on Thursday (3 July) in the margins of events to launch Lithuania's EU presidency.

The Dutch envoy, Marjan de Kwaasteniet, tweeted that EU states voiced “concern about arbitrary arrests of MB,” referring to an army’s crackdown on some 300 members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood party earlier the same day. Another EU diplomat told EUobserver that some member states “want to send a signal” to the Egyptian military that it crossed the line, for example by suspending some EU aid projects.

But on the other hand, they do no want to look as if they back Morsi. “It’s awkward,” the contact said. “Morsi was democratically elected, and you can’t applaud military intervention in the democratic process. But then again, Morsi has not acted in the way that we would like our partners to act.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; egyptcoup; egyptcoup2013; eu; eussr; rop

1 posted on 07/04/2013 1:22:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The Egyptian Army seems to be the only ones who know what they are doing. The rest are frightened of angering their Muslim population.

Electing a Muslim in a Democrat election is the kiss of death anywhere.


2 posted on 07/04/2013 1:25:30 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Olog-hai

Billions of dollars/euros on a muslim brotherhood revolution and all they got was a lousy t-shirt.


3 posted on 07/04/2013 1:27:04 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Olog-hai
The EU countries exterminated millions
and obviously are enraptured by the
new crucifixions and rapes by the MB.

Do they show them on their TVs publicly,
or just on their private Eschelon feed?


4 posted on 07/04/2013 1:28:02 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.
The Dutch envoy, Marjan de Kwaasteniet, tweeted that EU states voiced "concern about arbitrary arrests of MB,"
Waiting for that big pile of US aid to arrive looks pretty smart now, eh?


6 posted on 07/04/2013 1:37:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Diogenesis

That’s just what I thought. Where was all this concern about democracy, etc, while Christian Copts were being crucified, when priests are beheaded?


7 posted on 07/04/2013 1:47:57 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: F15Eagle

Yep. It’s amazing how quickly, and how openly, the many sides are coming together for the coming global government. It’s amazing that people still refuse to see how exactly it was foretold in Bible prophecy.


8 posted on 07/04/2013 1:49:50 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Olog-hai

How many times has Italy’s government been turned over? European governments as a whole since World War 2?


10 posted on 07/04/2013 3:15:52 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: Olog-hai

It is the rulers and leaders of other countries making these comments. They are probably scared out of their minds. I think the rest of the world is happy about it all.


11 posted on 07/04/2013 3:25:00 PM PDT by Ramonne
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