The EU is a balancing act: To enable the Arab States to stop uncontrolled Migration, is cooperating with autocrats. However, in order to create new causes of Flight, say critics.

In Sharm el Sheikh, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of state and government of the EU in an ambivalent Situation. On the subject of Migration, you have to negotiate with those rulers who are the root causes of the Migration itself responsible for human rights violations, state Repression, and economic hopelessness.

And Europe have to deal with the allegation apart, can contribute, through exports of weapons and surveillance technology. These operations are politically sensitive, but legitimate, says the CDU members of the European Parliament in the foreign Affairs Committee, Michael Gahler: “When we analyze foreign policy and come to the conclusion that we have an interest of this country to stabilize the government, then that is a legitimate foreign policy consideration. And then, it may be that we come to the conclusion: Here we should allow for a delivery.”

human rights as a core subject

With weapons but would be no stability, argues Barbara Lochbihler. The former General Secretary for Amnesty International Germany sits for the Greens in the European Parliament, and refers to the key role of human rights. The European message at the summit in Egypt must be that the peace of the grave allows alone no growth: “It is appropriate and not at all covered, that we can discuss, and declared that with more human rights protection, more security and more stability go hand in hand.”

Daniel Hechler, ARD, Cairo. Sharm-El-Sheikh, to the EU summit with Arab League
tagesschau24 15:00, 24.02.2019

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