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European values and the Arab world

EU politicians can promote 'European' values by stopping their support for autocratic regimes, and by starting to ask tough questions about radicalisation.

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Protest in London. Rob Pinney/Demotix. All rights reserved.
Protest in London. Rob Pinney/Demotix. All rights reserved.

Protest in London. Rob Pinney/Demotix. All rights reserved.

Over the past several months, I have been exposed to a number of scenes that struck me as absurd, not to mention sinister.

The first was of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, calling for greater cooperation with Arab regimes to combat terrorism.