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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9070

18 November 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/human rights/netherlands
Dutch Senate opposes establishing an EU human rights agency

Brussels, 17/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - At a meeting on 15 November of the political parties of the Dutch Senate, the senators rejected the idea of turning the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia based in Vienna into a Human Rights Agency. In a press release, the Dutch Senate explains it was 'not convinced of the necessity of this proposal and therefore send a very clear message to the government to prevent the establishment of a Human Rights Agency. The Agency as proposed...

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