Brussels, 20/11/2007 (Agence Europe) -Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini has declared that the EU “has been shown to be a truly persuasive power in the world” following the adoption on 15 November (by 99 votes for, 52 against and 33 abstentions) by a United Nations committee of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. The EU Council of Ministers decided on 18 June to table such a resolution against the death penalty. In substance, the resolution demands...