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Council of Europe rejects political pressure on ECHR in Meloni response

"Debate is healthy, but politicising the Court is not. In a society governed by the rule of law, no judicial body should be subject to political pressure," Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset said in a statement on Saturday.

The Council of Europe's reply is in response to the letter that Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's government signed together with eight other European countries calling for an amendment to the European Convention on Human Rights.

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