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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9088

14 December 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/human rights
Borrell calls for abolition of death penalty

Strasbourg, 13/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - “We, as Members of Parliament, must work to convince our counterparts of all countries to abolish the death penalty as for us, Europeans, the right to life is fundamental”, Josep Borrel asserted on Monday in his opening speech at the December session. The president of the European Parliament regretted that the anniversary of the Fundamental Declaration on Human Rights, on 10 December, had coincided with the execution of the one thousandth prisoner...

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