Wil de EU de Afrikaanse regeringen aanmoedigen om veel meer hun verantwoordelijkheid te nemen, dan mogen zij niet in de waan komen dat de EU hun verkiezingen automatisch zal steunen, laat staan sanctioneren, ongeacht het verloop ervan;
In order to encourage African Governments to assume their responsibilities to a far greater extent, they should not be given reason to believe that the EU will automatically support, let alone give its stamp of approval to their elections, irrespective of the manner in which they are carried out;