Making a huge change from all those years that our governments did support Mubarak, the EU has said it won’t interfere in Egypt’s internal affairs:
“I’m certain the European Union today will signal to people of good will in Egypt and Tunisia that we’re ready to help organise elections, but not to interfere.”
In more relevant news, the Egyptian army has said it won’t use violence on the protestors, according to Al-Jazeera. With businesses and banks closed and tourists returning in droves, the protest movement has called for a general strike on Wednesday. The economic pressure on Mubarak to either leave or crackdown are therefore increasing rapidly, but as it seems he’s starting to lose the military, repression may just be too late.