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"Madam President, Tunisia is a country which has an association agreement and a very close relationship with the European Union. Article 2 of that agreement establishes, by common agreement, the importance of respect for human rights and democratic principles. However, since the beginning of April, we have witnessed a situation involving a hunger strike begun by a journalist, Mr Ben Brik, which is causing a serious crisis of conscience and a violation of the association agreement by the Tunisian Government. It has not only forbidden Ben Brik from writing as correspondent for the French newspaper
but it has also taken away his passport and prevented him from using the telephone. I should also add that the Tunisian Government has hindered the work of those journalists trying to cover this situation and has treated them intolerably.
Therefore, Madam President, I believe that we should clearly point out to the Tunisian Government, which is a friendly government and is associated to us, that this behaviour is not only incompatible with our association agreement, but that also, as Mr Wurtz has rightly pointed out, that this situation should not be allowed to continue and is leading Ben Brik’s relatives to endanger their own lives in defence of these rights. Therefore, Madam President, I believe, given that there is no possibility of making sufficiently quick progress with parliamentary procedures, that this House should trust you to intervene on our behalf in order to put an end to this situation and to make the Tunisian Government see sense."@en1
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