In his speech in the European Parliament in Strassburg, Dany Cohn-Bendit calls for serious political negotiations instead of a never-ending talking-shop. Israelis and Palestinians have to realise that neither colonial politics nor assassinations will progress the peace process.

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In his ambitious speech, Daniel Cohn-Bendit declares that the strategy of isolating Gaza failed definitively to achieve its aims: civilians suffer from the effects of this policy and Hamas, instead of becoming discredited, becomes stronger. For this reason, Dany Cohn-Bendit advocates a change in policy so that the peace-process can bring benefits to the population.

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The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on EU-Russia relations in advance of next week's EU-Russia summit. The Greens/EFA group voted against the resolution, which it felt was unbalanced and failed to properly address current human rights abuses in Russia.  "The EU is schizophrenic in its relations with Russia", said Dany Cohn-Bendit. "While EU leaders acknowledge and are critical of human rights abuses in Russia when addressing their home audiences, they are all too quick to brush these concerns under the table when sitting across the table from Putin's administration. Tiptoeing around these human rights issues in its bilateral relations with Russia damages the credibility of the EU and the European Parliament should not be afraid to criticise this incoherent approach. In the absence of fundamental common shared values, we should avoid calling the EU's present partnership with Moscow 'strategic'."

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A crucial demographic development can be observed after the elections in France: Even though Nicolas Sarkozy got the major share of all votes, Ségolène Royal scored particularly amongst young people aged 18 to 24, and among the age group between 45 and 60. Among the voters over 60 years Sarkozy obtained an impressive majority. It is interesting to observe that the topic of future and jobs did play an important role in the society. Now we have to discover that the people who made the decision are the ones who wish for more stability and not jobs.....
Given the need for reforms among the French Left, I would like to recommend number 32 of the European revue "Transit" which deals among others with the issue of the necessary reforms of the social system.

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The last days of the election campaign in France are getting increasingly insane. One now knows which nightmares are bothering Sarkozy. May of ´68, he says, has to be blamed for everything: Cynicism, immorality, insanity. For Sarkozy, May of ´68 is intellectual and moral relativism, which weakens the state's authority and the idea of citizens. The emerging question is why he plays on that level? The answer is clear: he mobilizes the old fear of the then-bourgeoisie and wants to reawaken it to win the elections.

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All those who thought Sunday night that the election is already decided will hopefully be disappointed. .....It is extremely exciting what is happening at the moment in France: Ségolène Royal -due to increased votes from the center- is forced to move the socialist-traditional orientation of her Socialist party towards a modern way. That means to direct the Socialist Party towards the Greens as well as to open it towards the center. The French do not want this traditional left-right-scheme and want to move France. Nicoals Sarkozy is still the favorite; Ségolène Royal however, has a fair chance as she is bearing a new hope.

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