Saturday, February 5, 2011

Merkel considers errneo hasty elections held in Egypt

Call an election in Egypt at the beginning of democratic reform process would not be very successful, according to today warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "An election precipitated the beginning of the democratization process is probably the wrong approach" since the forced departure of Mubarak could cause a power vacuum dangerous, warned Merkel at the 47 th Security Summit in Munich, referring to the revolt antigovernment Egypt.

Equally clear was the secretary of state of the U.S., Hillary Clinton, has warned that Middle Eastern countries that are routed to a "perfect storm" of riots. In his speech noted that the leaders of Islamic countries concerned should initiate genuine democratic reform or risking further instability.

European leaders want to establish a broad-based government, but many are reluctant to immediate expulsion or resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, because it could lead to a power vacuum or fuel more violence untie religious militancy. However, the Germanic president stresses that the Egyptian people must decide their future.

The chancellor considered as an important first step that Mubarak has announced he will not stand for reelection and defends an orderly transition to avoid a power vacuum in the North African country. "What is clear is that something must change qualitatively," said German Chancellor, who likens the protests in Arab nations with the popular movement in the countries of Eastern Europe that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism .

The EU supports the changes in northern Africa Germany The head of government also guaranteed the support of the European Union (EU) to the upcoming changes in the countries of North Africa and the current protest movement in Egypt. "In Egypt there will be changes," said German Chancellor during his speech at the Conference on Security.

Merkel said that these changes must take shape and stresses that the EU stands ready to support the transition process. It also states that it is "absolutely necessary" to defend the rights of freedom of the Egyptian people and is pleased by the fact that the protests in that country to develop a peaceful again.

The policy emphasizes that the Christian Democrat foreign policy must always be guided by human rights, while recognizing that the model of Western democracy is not exportable to all regions of the world. Nevertheless, said there is "a red line that should not be transferred and is marked by universal human rights that determines the United Nations Charter.

In his speech, the Chancellor also stressed that NATO and the West alone can no longer help resolve the many conflicts in the world. "We need partners in the world. And we must strive to get more and more", said Merkel. The necessary collaboration of emerging international terrorism can not be combated effectively if we collaborate with partners outside the Alliance, said the chancellor, at the same time underlined the growing importance of emerging countries, also in security matters.

Moreover, the head of the Germany government has stated that each NATO country must take responsibility to protect and defend against possible "cyber attacks." Considers that, as all military actions XXI century, the fight against attacks via the internet should be included in the concept of security.

Asserting that "we no longer face the classical military threat," said that the concept of deterrence, born in the Cold War, has largely survived.

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