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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9335
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iraq

After Saddam Hussein's execution, EU restates opposition to death penalty

Brussels, 02/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has not issued an official declaration in reaction to the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was hanged on 30 December, except to recall that it makes it a principle to oppose capital punishment. Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, who was EU Council president until 1 January 20076, said the European Union has always been against the death penalty and that this case was no exception. “There are certainly...