If human rights, including women’s rights, for example, are indeed a key element of democratic values, we can negotiate on all kinds of issues with those who suppress them; but as long as there is no progress on these rights, we cannot be true friends and at the same time claim to uphold universal human values.
Les intérêts à court terme, commerciaux ou autres, ne doivent pas permettre qu’on touche à ces principes fondamentaux.