34. Acknowledges the efforts made by the Union, in many cases via the EIDHR, to support certain groups of actors working towards democratic reforms, including human rights defenders and independent media; stresses, however, the need to strengthen the organisation of political parties, particularly those that promote democratic values, without taking sides; calls for systematic support for new, freely and fairly elected parliaments, especially in countries in transition and those to which the EU has sent election observation missions; considers that such support should not only be financed automatically by the EIDHR but also by geograp ...[+++]hic instruments;

Yes, we need to keep a cool head, Mr Schulz, but we also need to choose which side we are on.

This issue involves a choice: on one side, hundreds of ordinary Canadians who have worked hard, paid their taxes, played by the rules, and now have the misfortune of Parkinson's disease or other disabilities; and on the other side, the moneylenders, the bondholders, the big banks and the wealthy, the comfortable people who will have a very nice Christmas this year.

This will be a test for the Conservatives and they will have to make a choice.

Our role as legislators is not to choose one camp over the other.

The passionate debates of economists and trade lawyers often seem to imply that a choice needs to be made between two basic options. You're either a multilateralist, or a regionalist, but you can't be both at the same time.