More support for Arab reforms

The G8 states have decided at their summit in Deauville to give Tunisia and Egypt 40 billion dollars to help them on their way to democracy. The daily Público describes this aid for the pioneers of the Arab Spring as a historical move, but contends that the G8 countries must not forget the other Arab reform movements "These countries are being provided with help to ensure their transition to becoming tolerant and democratic societies. It is meant to encourage them and prevent the revolutions in the Arab world from regressing. This is why reference was made to the help Eastern Europe received after the historical fall of the Berlin Wall. However what began as a wave of freedom has split in three: the democratic movement (Tunisia and Egypt), the reformist (Algiers, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia) and the oppressed (Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain). But it won't be enough to offer the first wave a tempting 'snack' The West will have to agree on how to deal with the other two currents. For they threaten to turn the summer of Arab hope into an autumn or untimely winter."

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