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'President Marcos Jr. arrives in Brussels with a serious image problem, his democratic credentials a priori much in doubt.' More in this Opinion piece:
President Ferdinand Marcos is in Brussels to join other Southeast Asian and European heads of state and government to attend the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Summit on December 14. At this summit, according to the European External Action Service, the participants will celebrate “45 years of diplomatic relations based on shared values and principles such as a rules-based international order, international law, effective multilateralism, as well as free and fair trade.
The European Commission began negotiating an FTA with the Philippines in 2013, but under pressure from the European Parliament, these negotiations have been on hold since 2017. A February 2022 resolution on human rights developments in the Philippines listed in great detail appalling human rights abuses, especially the extrajudicial killings under the Duterte Administration.
much in doubt. He is seen as incarnating the democratic backsliding and nostalgia for authoritarian rule that has afflicted the global community, including in European countries such as Itlay.
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