You’re right, Philippe, I was getting confused, for which I apologise.
But that means my complaint about the EU’s institutions does apply to the
buildings that you so skilfully captured.
Thanks for elucidating; I must have “sounded” like a Daily Mail reader again ;-)
Chris
On 2 Mar 2014, at 12:01, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Some confusion here Chris I am afraid ;-)
>
> The ECJ is one of the EU institution along with the Parliament, the
> Commission and the Coucil of the European Union (28 countries to this
> day). It is based in Luxembourg and deals with issues arising from the
> interpretation of the treaties and the acts of the EU institutions and
> Member States. Cases involve EU institutions, EU Member States,
> business, and individuals.
>
> Whereas based in Strasbourg, the ECHR has a wider geographical
> jurisdiction and different buildings and procedures; 47 countries I
> think as I am writing, of which Russia and Ukraine ...
> It is competent with all things related to the European Convention on
> Human Rights signed by the High Contrating States and emates from the
> Council of Europe which is NOT a European Institution. The EU as such
> has also been a High Contracting State since the Treaty of Lisbon I
> think.
> Basically cases are man v state but could be state v state.
>
> Both the EU and the Council of Europe promote cooperation at different
> levels in the name of democracy and peace.
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