European Parliament 28 August 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-2444/02 by Christel Fiebiger (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Commissioner Fischler's remark on direct payments to large holdings.

Is the Commission aware of the arrest? What measures does it intend to take to make clear to the Tunisian authorities that such practices are absolutely incompatible with Article 2 of the EU-Tunisia Association Agreement (‘human rights clause’)? More generally, does not the Commission believe that President Ben Ali’s dictatorship has now become intolerable?