TUNIS, Tunisia, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Before meeting with leaders from main Tunisian political parties, a European delegation said the humanitarian crisis from the Libyan war was a top concern.
Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, arrived in Tunis to meet with leaders of Ennahda, the moderate Islamic party that scored a victory in October's post-revolution elections.
Ennahda, which means "renaissance" in Arabic, took the plurality of the weekend vote with more than 40 percent. The party gets the opportunity to lead a 217-member assembly tasked with ushering in a new post-revolution government in Tunisia.
Skeptics expressed concern that Ennahda would usher in a theocracy that would curb many political freedoms yearned for during the so-called Arab Spring. The group said it was seeking a moderate Islamic state similar to Turkey, however.
Buzek, before his meeting, visited Libyan refugees at a camp in Tunisia. He praised Tunisia's leadership in handling the political turmoil in the region, but said more was needed in the aftermath of the Libyan war.
"Much more is needed. We have to do more," he said in a statement. "We Europeans have a responsibility towards these civilians in distress."
