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"The geopolitical situation in the southern Mediterranean region is currently undergoing a sea change. If we ignore these excellent and laudable aspirations, there is a danger that the revolutions could be manipulated for the worse by some when they ought, in reality, to improve things. We need to show the people of these countries that the EU supports their desire for change. Since the conflict in Libya began, I have suggested that the international community should put all its energies into supporting the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. The duty to protect humans wherever they live and whoever they may be is a sacred universal right and duty. What is self-determination worth when it is based on dictatorial actions or where it serves to justify the unspeakable? Self-determination, and even an absolute majority, do not entitle any government to deny universal values. The delays, wavering and semantics about the scale of intervention have allowed the regime to weaken the citizen’s uprising. The EU urgently needs to establish a credible approach for the Mediterranean element of the European Neighbourhood Policy."@en1
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