S&D Group president urges Egyptian president Morsi to accept election observers

Hannes Swoboda, president of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament, met with Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo this weekend, urging him to ensure the parliamentary elections in late February will be free, fair and verified by international election observers.

Hannes Swoboda described the meeting as fruitful:

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The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament welcomed the adoption of the Annual report on human rights in the world. However, they also underlined the need for improved co-operation and co-ordination between the EU and its member states in this area, to strengthen EU human rights policy and to speak with one voice.

S&D Euro MP Jörg Leichtfried commented: