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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12423

12 February 2020
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Human rights
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos optimistic about EU accession to ECHR
Brussels, 11/02/2020 (Agence Europe)

The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, said, on Monday 10 February, that he was optimistic that the EU would soon join the European Convention on Human Rights.

I am optimistic, because I understand that there is a revival on this issue”, he told the European Parliament Human Rights Subcommittee.

2019 marked the relaunch of the accession procedure and, according to Mr Sicilianos, further discussions will be held on 24 March. While the Council of...

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