These reports refer specifically to third countries, but I take it f
or granted that the moral and political authority of our debate on cooperation in the world surrounding the European Union, with which we hope to be able to have a coherent relationship, will be much more credible and effective if we practice what we preach, and when what we r
equire of others is endorsed by our own conduct, and by our self-imposed requirement to continue making progress, day after day, to improve the
protection of human ...[+++]rights within the EU itself.