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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9767

23 October 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/vietnam
Negotiations on new agreement must bring human rights improvements, says EP

Brussels, 22/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - In negotiations currently taking place on a new partnership and cooperation agreement with Vietnam, the European Commission and Council must bring pressure to bear on the Hanoi authorities to put an end to systematic violations of democracy and human rights in the country, and this before the new agreement is definitively decided. That is what the European Parliament called for in adopting a resolution (by the very wide majority of 479 votes to 21, with...

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