--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 2, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski
> wrote:
>
> > EU may not be a perfect political organization,
> but it
> > stands second to none in guranteeing its citizens
> a
> > wide range of civil and political rights and
> powers.
>
> The EU does this? Or its national states do?
>
[WS:] Both. Clearly, national states provide guarantees, but ceratin systemic features (e.g. no death penalty) are a condition of joining the EU, and EU acts as an arbiter in many legal disputes between citizens and their respective national states.
Wojtek
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