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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8707

15 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/armaments
Amnesty International criticises European Union for insufficient control of arms exports

Brussels, 14/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, Amnesty International published a highly critical report on arms export controls in the expanded European Union. Amnesty International believes controls are "dangerously ineffective" and that "stringent new regulations are urgently needed". In its report "Undermining Global Security: the European Union's arms exports" published in London and Brussels, the organisation mainly points to the "serious flaws in the EU's key arms control...

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