On Tuesday 11 April, the European Commission denied the rumours of a freeze in the EU-Philippines free trade negotiations. But its negotiators warned the Filipino side in mid-February that new negotiation rounds, initially planned for the autumn, would not be scheduled until Manila showed improvement in the country’s human rights situation, in connection with the violent anti-drugs war being conducted by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.
On Tuesday morning, the GUE/NGL Group at the...