06/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a statement issued on 2 December, the British Presidency explains on behalf of the EU: 'The European Union notes with deep regret that, with the execution of Kenneth Lee Boyd by the State of North Carolina on 2 December 2005, the US has carried out its 1000th execution since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. The European Union is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and has consistently called for its universal abolition. We believe that the...