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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9759

11 October 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
EU guilty of double standards on protection of fundamental rights, say MEPs

Brussels, 10/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Casting opprobrium over third countries which violate fundamental right is easy, but it is a far more delicate exercise when it comes to casting a critical eye over the situation within the Union itself, was the recent criticism of a number of members of the European Parliament. The European Union applies a policy of "double standards: up until enlargement, there are the Copenhagen criteria to be respected and then afterwards, the issue of human rights...

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