Her truer således en fare for menneskerettighederne, som EU betragter som overordentlig vigtige, men reaktionerne på disse begivenheder har gjort det klart, at der mangler sammenhængende rammer, inden for hvilke en passende reaktion kan formuleres.
Human rights, which the EU embraces, are thus under threat, but the reactions to these events have brought to light the fact that there is no coherent framework in which an appropriate reaction can be formulated.