Mr. Gratton: Between August and the October tabling, these additional measures that were brought forward, which are not a business purpose test, as mentioned, were welcomed by us.

46. Underlines the need for a clear legal framework based on relevant criteria regarding the use of cameras and sensors, especially by commercial and private RPAS, that will ensure the effective protection of the right to privacy and data protection as well as safeguarding the security of citizens, taking into account the ever decreasing size of RPAS components, leading to more portable and undetectable devices;

46. Underlines the need for a clear legal framework based on relevant criteria regarding the use of cameras and sensors, especially by commercial and private RPAS, that will ensure the effective protection of the right to privacy and data protection as well as safeguarding the security of citizens, taking into account the ever decreasing size of RPAS components, leading to more portable and undetectable devices;

80. Considers that the Union should concentrate its support on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly women’s rights, minority rights and freedom of belief, as well as on the transition to democracy, the development of institutional capacities, judicial and security reforms, the development of all democratic political parties and NGOs, and the improvement of the business environment; is of the view that the EU should maintain current aid and assistance channelled to NGOs and civil society, as part of a strategy to engage with political actors in Egypt and to sponsor a genuine democratic transition process; welcomes the decision by the Foreign Affairs Council on 21 August to suspend export licenses to Egypt of any ...[+++]equipment used for internal repression and to reassess the export licences covered by the EU common position;

80. Considers that the Union should concentrate its support on respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly women’s rights, minority rights and freedom of belief, as well as on the transition to democracy, the development of institutional capacities, judicial and security reforms, the development of all democratic political parties and NGOs, and the improvement of the business environment; is of the view that the EU should maintain current aid and assistance channelled to NGOs and civil society, as part of a strategy to engage with political actors in Egypt and to sponsor a genuine democratic transition process; welcomes the decision by the Foreign Affairs Council on 21 August 2013 to suspend export licenses to Egypt of ...[+++] any equipment used for internal repression and to reassess the export licences covered by the EU common position;

The Copenhagen criteria require countries to have ‘the capacity to cope with competitive pressures and market forces within the Union’. For the sake of this requirement, these countries have in fact been pushed into privatising and jeopardising many industries and into liberalising trade, even if this meant creating a huge commercial deficit.