European Union won’t accept Zimbabwe election and
demands opposition leader Tsvangirai be given power

International Independent Online

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union will only accept a Zimbabwean government headed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country has taken over the EU presidency, said on Tuesday.

Kouchner spoke after the African Union called in a summit for a national unity government in Zimbabwe following the widely-condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe in a poll scarred by violence.

"The European Union will accept no government other than a government led by Mr Tsvangirai," Kouchner told France 2 television.

-- July 1, 2008
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