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Speak softly and carry a big carrot. We have to adapt to a situation where European norms and values face genuine opposition and cannot be universally dictated to others. Rule of law and promotion of democracy and human rights form the essence of the European Union. I am not saying we should abandon this.


Yes you are. Quoting Iivi Anna Masso: "When exactly, since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 by the UN General Assembly, did human rights become "European norms and values" that "cannot be universally dictated to others"?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2010/11/finland_berates_world

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