Video: Plenary speech on Latest developments in the Middle East & Syria

During this week’s plenary session in Strasbourg MEPs discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly in Syria. Just before the start of the debate it was announced that Sakharov-prize winner, Egyptian activists Asmaa Mahfouz, was acquitted by an Egyptian court from battery and assault charges. Marietje shares the news with the plenary and continues about the crisis in Syria and the EU’s role in finding a political solution.