Dhaka, May 07, SPA --The European Union Today stressed the need for better parliamentary partnership between Bangladesh's ruling andopposition parties for a healthy growth of the country's nascentdemocracy, according to dpa. "Discussions, debates and critical analyses of the problems shouldbe there (in parliament) in a healthy democracy," Stefan Frowein, thehead of the delegation of the EU's executive, the European Commission to Dhaka, told a press conference in Dhaka. The EU closely watched the political changeovers and supportedBangladesh to its transition to democracy. Swedish ambassador Britt Falkman Hagstrom, the current chair ofthe EU in Bangladesh, on Thursday said the 27-member bloc was pleased to see lively debate in parliament and solutions to the problems. "Too much confrontational politics is not a solution," the envoysaid. She said that the EU is a committed trade and development partnerof Bangladesh as EU imports from Bangladesh amounted to 5 billioneuros (nearly 6.70 billion US dollars) last year, anddevelopment-cooperation disbursement amounted to 440 million euros(nearly 590 million dollars) as grants.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/661953