Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My colleague Lynn Boylan has formally brought this case to the office of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms Federica Mogherini. I raised this personally with her. Ms Boylan raised the point that Egypt is in breach of Article 2 of its Euro-Mediterranean trade agreement, which states that relations between the parties "shall be based on respect of democratic principles and fundamental human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which guides their internal and international policy". It is clear, therefore, that Egypt is not living up to its side of this agreement. Has the Minister discussed this breach with his European counterparts? Are they aware of what is happening to this EU and Irish citizen, and has the Minister encouraged them to raise the breach with the Egyptian Government on behalf of EU citizens?

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