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"en.20120418.18.3-288-250"2
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"I voted against this as I do not believe the EU should have, or indeed does have, other than self-professed, authority to act as an arbiter of human rights. Most of the judgment calls made by the ECHR that France or the UK chose to defy were controversial decisions that left nations incredulous at the ineptitude of the judicial process carried out by unelected judges in Strasbourg. It is somewhat onerous that the EU has applied for accession to the ECHR in its own right and this can be seen as prescriptive for what is likely to come. The revelation that the EU wishes to set out punitive measures against Columbia, and also send Baroness Ashton to Gaza on a fact-finding mission, suggests the EU is asserting diplomatic and peacekeeping powers upon itself that it is in no way, shape or form entitled to claim. We do not want the EU attempting to usurp the powers of the UN or NATO and it is abhorrent that a supranational body with such a democratic deficit believes it can be an intermediary actor on the global stage."@en1
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