 | When's that transition going to start? |
| They had it already. Now they're well into the next stage, the one followed by Madame la Guillotine. One would think Europeans would be familiar with the stages, but nobody studies history anymore. |
The European Union Sunday pledged support for Egypt's troubled democratic transition, with the bloc's president saying that success of this process was important for the region and the world, dpa reported.
"The European Union and associated financial institutions have offered an amount of more than 5 billion euros, or more than 6.5 billion dollars, in grants, concessional loans and loans for a period of 2012 and 2013 to support Egypt's democratic transition," the EU President Herman Van Rompuy said after talks with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo.
| Good idea -- loan new money to a country that can't even begin to pay back any of the old loans... |
| Did the EU president happen to consult his constituent governments before pledging their citizens' money? |
| This is the EU: that's never required... |
Van Rompuy was to meet later on Sunday with leaders from the main opposition alliance, the National Salvation Front.
"The world is watching what is going on in Cairo," he said at a joint press conference with Morsi.
"This is an important day for us to discuss our views regarding ways of developing our relations and completing the dialogue we started in Brussels," said Morsi.
Egypt is the EU's biggest trade partner.
| Bigger than the U.S. or Russia? |
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