Claim: Now it's the perfect timing for a EU-Mediterranean states partnership.
What evidence supports this claim?
1. To take Egypt as an example .
2. No matter how undemocratic these regimes have been the simple existence of these institutions is useful when there is a revolution as they allow some continuity and the possibility of a transition to democracy .
3. In both houses a majority of the members are directly elected .
4. Even under Mubarak it had a parliament with the Majilis Al-Sha ` ab -LRB- People 's Assembly -RRB- as its lower house and Majilis Al-Shura -LRB- Shura Council -RRB- as its upper house .
5. The democratization of these states will make them stronger and more stable , which will be of economic and political advantage to the EU .
6. The changes in the political world , which occurred and are occurring at present in some Mediterranean states show that now more than ever the EU has a partner on their southern flank .
7. Arab dictators have grown adept at holding elections , setting up parliaments , constitutional courts etc. as window dressing to show either to their people or to the outside world that they are reforming and are ` democratic ' .
8. Surely , this process will not be easy , but some of these countries already do have the basis for it.Many middle eastern states already have institutions that are similar to the representative institutions that a stable democracy needs .
9. While these institutions may not currently be working in a democratic way they could quite easily be changed to being fully democratic .
10. Egypt held elections for its parliament as recently as November 2010 , these elections had very poor turnout and blatant ballot rigging while the main opposition the Muslim Brotherhood have to stand as independents .
Påstående: Nu är det den perfekta tidpunkten för ett partnerskap mellan EU och Medelhavsländerna. Vilka bevis stöder detta påstående?
Claim: now is the perfect time for a Euro-Mediterranean partnership. What evidence does this claim support?
1. För att ta Egypten som ett exempel . 2. Oavsett hur odemokratiska dessa regimer har varit är dessa institutioners enkla existens användbar när det finns en revolution eftersom de tillåter viss kontinuitet och möjligheten till en övergång till demokrati . 3. I båda husen är en majoritet av ledamöterna direktvalda. 4. Även under Mubarak hade det ett parlament med Majilis Al-Sha ` ab -LRB-Folkförsamlingen -RRB- som dess underhus och Majilis Al-Shura -LRB-Shura Rådet -RRB- som dess överhus . 5. Demokratiseringen av dessa stater kommer att göra dem starkare och stabilare, vilket kommer att vara till ekonomisk och politisk fördel för EU. 6. Förändringarna i den politiska världen, som inträffade och som för närvarande sker i vissa Medelhavsländer, visar att EU nu mer än någonsin har en partner på sin södra flank. 7. Arabiska diktatorer har blivit skickliga på att hålla val, inrätta parlament, författningsdomstolar etc. som fönsterklädsel för att visa antingen för sitt folk eller för omvärlden att de reformerar och är "demokratiska". 8. Visst kommer denna process inte att bli lätt, men vissa av dessa länder har redan grunden för den.Många mellanösternstater har redan institutioner som liknar de representativa institutioner som en stabil demokrati behöver. 9. Även om dessa institutioner för närvarande kanske inte arbetar på ett demokratiskt sätt skulle de lätt kunna ändras till att bli fullständigt demokratiska. 10. Egypten höll val till sitt parlament så sent som november 2010 , dessa val hade mycket dåligt valdeltagande och flagrant valsedel riggning medan den huvudsakliga oppositionen Muslimska brödraskapet måste ställa upp som oberoende.
1. To take Egypt as an example . 2. No matter how undemocratic these regimes have been, the simple existence of these institutions is useful when there is a revolution because they allow for some continuity and the possibility of a transition to democracy. 3. In both houses, a majority of members are directly elected. 4. Even under Mubarak it had a parliament with Majilis Al-Sha ` ab -LRB-Folk Assembly -RRB- as its lower house and Majilis Al-Shura -LRB-Shura Council -RRB- as its upper house . 5. The democratisation of these states will make them stronger and more stable, which will be of economic and political benefit to the EU. 6. The changes in the political world, which occurred and which are currently taking place in some Mediterranean countries, show that the EU now has a partner more than ever in its southern flank. 7. Arab dictators have become skilled in holding elections, setting up parliaments, constitutional courts, etc. as a window dressing to show either to their people or to the outside world that they are reforming and are "democratic". 8. This process will certainly not be easy, but some of these countries already have the basis for it.Many Middle Eastern states already have institutions similar to the representative institutions that a stable democracy needs. 9. Although these institutions may not be working democratically at present, they could easily be changed to become fully democratic. 10. Egypt held elections to its parliament as late as November 2010 , these elections had very poor turnout and blatant ballot rigging while the main opposition Muslim Brotherhood had to run as independent.