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"EU rejects death penalty debate
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Thursday , 03 August 2006
The European Union has brushed off a call from the Polish president for a Europe-wide debate on reinstating the death penalty.
'The death penalty is not compatible with European values,' European Commission spokesman Steffan de Rynck told reporters.
Last Friday, Polish President Lech Kaczynski urged the organisation to review its policy on the issue.
The abolition of the death penalty is one of the conditions of EU membership.
Mr Kaczynski said countries which had abandoned capital punishment had "given an unimaginable advantage to the perpetrator over the victim"."
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