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Denmark leads attack on European Court of Human Rights
EU Observer ^ | May 23, 2025, 9:00:37 AM | Nikolaj Nielsen

Posted on 05/24/2025 10:31:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Nine EU states are targeting the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights in a wider bid to deport unwanted migrants.

A letter spearheaded by Denmark, which is set to take over the rotating EU presidency from July, is demanding more leeway on deporting people who have committed crimes.

Published on Thursday (22 May), the letter was signed by leaders of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, and Poland.

It faults the court for placing rights restrictions on deportations of "criminal foreign nationals".

They are also unhappy on how the court interprets the European Convention on Human Rights, drafted in 1950 by the human-rights watchdogs at the Council of Europe.

A spokesperson from the Council of Europe said they are discussing the letter but have yet to formulate an official response.

But critics say the latest move by Europe's leaders seeks to undermine human rights and rule of law. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; European Union; Foreign Affairs; France; Germany; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: aliens; austria; belgium; councilofeurope; courtofhumanrights; crime; czechrepublic; denmark; echr; estonia; european; europeanunion; europeons; eussr; fourthreich; france; germany; humanrights; illegals; immigration; italy; latvia; lithuania; nikolajnielsen; poland; rapefugees; rop; unitedkingdom

1 posted on 05/24/2025 10:31:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

This sounds like common sense. Which means the EU will fight against it tooth and nail.


2 posted on 05/24/2025 10:39:07 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: Olog-hai

With spears and shields? Oh, no, they wrote a letter,


3 posted on 05/24/2025 11:37:07 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Olog-hai
Re: "Deporting immigrants"

Five of the nine signature countries were part of the Eastern Europe Soviet Bloc.

I am surprised that Hungary did not sign. Possibly, because Hungary already blocks most immigrants from crossing its borders.

This would NOT be happening in Europe without Trump's aggressive deportation policies in the USA.

4 posted on 05/24/2025 11:38:25 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: Olog-hai

Sounds like yet another crack in the cohesion of the EU.


5 posted on 05/25/2025 12:37:02 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: Olog-hai

Finally!


6 posted on 05/25/2025 1:27:09 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: Olog-hai
,,, these countries shouldn't waste their time with the EU regulations industry. Look how it's managed in China - offenders and even high ranking military officials are simply disappeared. It must be OK to do this because the UN isn't saying anything to China about it.
7 posted on 05/25/2025 2:10:15 AM PDT by shaggy eel (A long way south of the border.)
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To: Olog-hai

the last battle field is now Europe, the lazy states that bought into “you will own nothing and be happy” that are now waking up vs the utopian globalist’s and their dream that cannot fail


8 posted on 05/25/2025 2:59:54 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (t)
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To: Olog-hai

Happy to see this.


9 posted on 05/25/2025 4:30:07 AM PDT by Jessarah
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To: FrankRizzo890

“This sounds like common sense. Which means the EU will fight against it tooth and nail.”

It also gets in the way of their PRIME OBJECTIVE, which, of course, is Re-population. So they can fight it, but they’ll lose.


10 posted on 05/25/2025 4:44:16 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Olog-hai

This may finally signal the end of the EU, and the fall of Brussels power.


11 posted on 05/25/2025 5:37:41 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Olog-hai; All
Just to note that the European Court of Human Rights is not an institution of the EU. It's an institution of the Council of Europe, and predates the EU by a number of years. Countries recognising the ECHR's jurisdiction include a number of non-EU states. So this complaint against the ECHR tells us nothing about the complaining states' relationship with the EU.

The EU's court is the European Court of Justice. Had these states complained about that court, it would be a very different matter.

12 posted on 05/25/2025 7:21:45 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: zeestephen

Denmark has been deporting “migrants” and among non former Warsaw Pact nations it has probably been the most aggressive about it.

I just talked on the phone last night to a guy who lives there.

He loves it.

(He’s married to a woman from there)


13 posted on 05/25/2025 9:00:07 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Olog-hai

Make European countries sovereign again.


14 posted on 05/25/2025 9:48:18 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Winniesboy

If it executes the will of the EU, then it is an institution of that entity no matter how often it’s denied.

And the Council of Europe’s flag is the EU flag.

Only difference is whether you believe their lies or not.


15 posted on 05/25/2025 2:42:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

“Executes the will of the EU”?
What on earth does that mean?


16 posted on 05/26/2025 1:42:31 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy

Exactly what it says. If you don’t understand that, one can also say to enforce its very arbitrary laws.


17 posted on 05/26/2025 1:49:26 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

The ECHR has nothing to do with EU law, let alone its enforcement. You seem to be saying that if A criticises B, and C has affinities with B, then C is necessarily criticised also. That seems to me a very weak argument. Affinity is not identity.


18 posted on 05/26/2025 10:23:28 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy

I see you’re completely taken in by their lies, to the point where your posts are just rehashing their propaganda. Opus?


19 posted on 05/26/2025 12:03:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
'their'

Whose?

20 posted on 05/27/2025 12:46:46 AM PDT by Winniesboy
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