The quantity of Western media and Human RightsWatch reports alleging human rights violations? Still though, the inappropriateness of such EU grant conditions could be emphasized using a different analogy. However, there is a far-reaching aspect to the Duterte administration’s junking of such EU grants, that make the 250 million euros in EU grants we will be giving up worth the cost. From the perspective of our country’s modern history, the Duterte administration’s move to reject EU grants that are laden with conditions that interfere with our sovereignty is a historic break from our sorry past, and a strengthening our sovereignty. We may lose hundreds of millions of euros by rejecting EU grants.

Source: Manila Times May 23, 2017 16:41 UTC