Concerned about the situation of human rights in europe today we have a lot to do across so many issues so many groups migrants older people at the disabled theres a huge program of work to be done but much the challenges with the achievements but you have said that quote twenty seventeen was not a great year in terms of respect of protection and the promotion of human and fundamental right not a great year thats an. Minute now i agree it was a it was a very very challenging time it remains a challenging time to take the Migration Crisis its still a crisis we still have not a crisis because of the migration it is the crisis of democracy in the Member States of europe its a crisis of Migration Policy in other words i largely agree with you its about a failure to show solidarity to risk to share the responsibility across Member States its about failure to get the basics in place in so many places weve been following the story very closely for the last two years and yesterday in some
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We have really serious and growing problems and its the job of my agency to get the data about those problems out there in the Public Domain the Actual Experience of Muslims In Europe the Actual Experience of jews in europe put that in front of the policymakers the Decision Makers and then challenge them but deliver only human rights from it is the problem not the solution in some countries its not that simple and theres an enormous diversity of of willingness to make for better societies but its not just the Policy Makers the politicians who make our societies its also about Civil Society its also about the faith groups its the citizens themselves and a large part of our work is to engage with them and to convince them that this is something worth fighting for i will repeat my question in some countries are the governments the problem or the solution like poland for example. I just wouldnt put it that simply in some countries weve got far more serious
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against racism is be paid by countries like poland and hungary these governments are responsible that you ll work is increasing ok we are an agency of the european union which means we re somewhat separate from the from the decision making institutions we re also independent i think we re very safe position to do our job with integrity and it s a hell of a job to do and it s badly needed right now more than ever indeed to take your own words which you member state is respecting human rights the least the states i m not going to answer that question because i don t think it s helpful that we see where forever is such an information not helpful because we re forever scanning the horizon of the point of a question to all your research yes which e.u. member state is respecting human rights the least these days you can also mention two or three but it isn t information which is very important but the response i d
member state is respecting human rights the least these days you can also mention two or three but it isn t information which is very important ok the response i d give to you is that it s neither helpful nor useful to name a particular country because there are problems everywhere and human rights is not just about civil rights and political rights it s also about social and economic growth. and when you see it broadly understood like that the problems are everywhere there s no worst and by the way there s no best either the serious efforts a lot of serious talk about these countries were you have a lot of problems where you feel that you are worried which are these countries well certainly undoubtedly were concerned about the situation in poland and in hungary and a number of other states i visit those countries and whenever i have the opportunity or meet with the government i meet with civil society i offer the tools and the experience of this agency to assist them and engage in the
e.u. member state is respecting human rights the least these days you can also mention two or three that it isn t information which is very important ok the response i d give to you is that it s neither helpful nor useful to name a particular country because there are problems everywhere and human rights is not just about civil rights and political rights it s also about social and economic growth. it s and when you see it broadly understood like that the problems are everywhere there s no worst and by the way there s no best either there s a serious effort a lot of serious talk about these countries were you have a lot of problems where you feel that you are worried which these countries well certainly undoubtedly were concerned about the situation in poland and in hungary and a number of other states i visit those countries whenever i have the opportunity or meet with the government i meet with civil society i offer the tools and the experience of this agency to assist them in engage