The European parliament has approved a plan to set up a new EU Fundamental Rights agency amid concerns about its duplication with other bodies.
MEPs voted overwhelmingly on Thursday (26 May) in favour of a report by Kinga Gál, Hungarian centre-right deputy, who called for a "strong, independent, effective and cost-effective agency".
But Ms Gál admits she has seen doubts expressed by other transnational human rights bodies about the need to set up this new agency.
"There was...
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