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Should A Eu Ambassador Get Full Diplomatic Immunity?
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\\The UK has been insisting it will not give the EU ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, and his 25-strong mission the privileges and immunities afforded to diplomats under the Vienna Convention.//
\\The Foreign Office said: “The EU, its Delegation and staff will receive the privileges and immunities necessary to enable them to carry out their work in the UK effectively.”//
\\The Foreign Office says it would set a precedent by treating an international body in the same way as a nation state. Other international organisations would then apply, it says, leading to a proliferation of other such bodies seeking diplomatic status//
\\It is understood that the Foreign Office is affording the EU the same level of diplomatic protection as other international organisations and this is considered sufficient for the staff. The protection includes embassy property and documents being inviolable, and some staff being exempt from taxes. No staff can be prosecuted for acts committed in the course of their diplomatic duties.//
the EU is Political and economic union.
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\\The UK has been insisting it will not give the EU ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, and his 25-strong mission the privileges and immunities afforded to diplomats under the Vienna Convention.//
\\The Foreign Office said: “The EU, its Delegation and staff will receive the privileges and immunities necessary to enable them to carry out their work in the UK effectively.”//
\\The Foreign Office says it would set a precedent by treating an international body in the same way as a nation state. Other international organisations would then apply, it says, leading to a proliferation of other such bodies seeking diplomatic status//
\\It is understood that the Foreign Office is affording the EU the same level of diplomatic protection as other international organisations and this is considered sufficient for the staff. The protection includes embassy property and documents being inviolable, and some staff being exempt from taxes. No staff can be prosecuted for acts committed in the course of their diplomatic duties.//
the EU is Political and economic union.
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From the article:
> [The] UK is virtually unique in taking this position. The bloc enjoys full diplomatic status with 142 other countries around the world where it has delegations, and where its ambassadors are all granted the same status as diplomats representing sovereign nations.
I can see the logic of the UK's position but I'm no expert on international diplomacy, so there must be more to it than appears on the surface. I have to ask why we'd do something different to the USA, Canada, Australia etc etc, 142 other countries.
> [The] UK is virtually unique in taking this position. The bloc enjoys full diplomatic status with 142 other countries around the world where it has delegations, and where its ambassadors are all granted the same status as diplomats representing sovereign nations.
I can see the logic of the UK's position but I'm no expert on international diplomacy, so there must be more to it than appears on the surface. I have to ask why we'd do something different to the USA, Canada, Australia etc etc, 142 other countries.
The UK's position technically enjoys legal support, as far as I can see: the Vienna Convention affords diplomatic immunity to ambassadors from sovereign states, rather than organisations. The EU is clearly in the latter category. On the other hand, the EU is also clearly far more important as international organisations go than most: the 27 member states have agreed to operate in many international settings as a single entity, and most countries treat it as such. As far as I can tell, the UK is only taking this stance to make a political point, rather than because this is the best way to treat EU Ambassadors.
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