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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7957

4 May 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs
Mr Patten proposes better use of "human rights clause"

Brussels, 03/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - On the eve of the informal Council that will take place this weekend in Nykoping in Sweden (see EUROPE of 30 April and 1 May, p.4), the European Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten described in a letter to the Member States the broad themes of the Communication on human rights that should be adopted by the Commission next week. According to the Commissioner, it is time to move from words to actions and use the instruments already available...

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