Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) expressed deep concern over deteriorating economic conditions in Egypt and expressed commitment through broad lines of the program of aid available, according to an official statement by the European Commission in Cairo.

The EU also expressed hope that a constitutional panel to draft a new constitution for the country be made but underlined the participation of women as well as all groups in the society, including minorities, in that panel. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Feb. 28, p. 3] Read text in Arabic