What is the end game of singling out the EU for human rights abuses? I too would like to fantasize about a future where by taking the EU to task we lift up the entire world into a new age of enlightenment where every single nation is held to a higher standard of morality. In practice, the way people actually work, if this rhetoric succeeds what we're going to get is total apathy. Hey if France and Germany are morally bankrupt, on what basis exactly do we have any complaints with Russia, China or Saudi Arabia.