Suárez González (PPE). — (ES) Hr. formand, den 13. oktober anmodede en kollega fra Den Socialistiske Gruppe om, at de europæiske observatører skulle stille strenge krav til valget i Nicaragua, men uden at underkende landets idiosynkrasi, dets korte demokratiske tradition og det demokratiske niveau af valghandlingerne i regionen.
SUÁREZ GONZALEZ (PPE). — (ES) Mr President, on 13 October 1989 a distinguished colleague in the Socialist Group requested here that the European observers should be extremely exacting in the Nicaraguan elections, but that they should not overlook the country's idiosyncrasies, its short democratic tradition and the democratic level of the electoral processes of the region.