Statement on Kazakhstan protests a classic example of the EU's feckless collusion with dictatorships. Calling now for "responsibility and restraint" as the oppressed citizens of a dictatorship rise up.
Nonviolence should always be the first way, and sometimes it is the only way. But brutal dictators in power for decades aren't often swayed by peaceful marchers waving ribbons.
Now calling for "all sides to show restraint," where were the EU statements & policies to help the people of Kazakhstan free themselves from repression that is anathema to supposed EU values? Dictatorship is violence. It is illegitimate.
The EU statement sounds much like one of Putin's when he defends his fellow dictators. Such calls for "nonviolence and stability" are routine when dictators fear losing their monopoly on the use of terror and force.
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