Robert Mugabe unsettles the EU

Horst Bacia maintains that Gordon Brown's boycott threats are not a solution for everyone. The EU faces a dilemma: "You can't officially uninvite the stubborn old tyrant or prevent him travelling to Portugal. Other heads of African states and governments would then refuse to come, and the entire summit might even have to be cancelled. The last EU/Africa summit was seven years ago. Is this one to be cancelled just because of Mugabe, even though the EU wants to strengthen relations with the states of the black continent for many good reasons?... British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now threatening to boycott the summit if Mugabe attends. This is a way out of the dilemma for him - but not for everyone."

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