From time to time, the European Union issues statements that sum up the reality of the situation in Egypt. After showing great concern about violations and crimes committed by the military-installed interim government against the people of Egypt, the EU demands that such violations must stop. This deceives European nations into believing the EU supports democracy and humanitarian principles.

This also deceives the Egyptian people into believing the EU sympathizes with their rights and freedoms. However, at the end of these statements or press releases, the EU usually announces practical stances that contradict those utterances. In effect, the EU offers people sweet words to calm them down, just as it gives the power-grabbing brutal military-appointed regime material support, more means of repression, murder and terror, and more tools to help the repressive putschists survive.