In a statement, EU Director at Human Rights Watch Philippe Dam says there is still a lot to be done to improve the country’s human rights situation before it can be given a “clean bill of health” by the EU.
In his speech, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “concluded a successful and productive bilateral meeting” during the latter’s official visit to the country on Monday.
“The European Union is already your fourth largest trading partner... but we can do so much more. So I'm very glad that we have decided to relaunch negotiations for a free trade agreement,” she said. Last May, Marcos said that the “timing and conditions are now quite ripe for us to solidify the long-standing and historically beneficial trade relations” through a bilateral free trade agreement between the Philippines and EU.
In a statement on Monday, EU Director at Human Rights Watch Philippe Dam said there is still a lot to be done to improve the country’s human rights situation before it can be given a “clean bill of health” by the EU.
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