1) ... are primarily protected by the UN not the EU. The EU screwed up with the refugee problem. Nothing worked. Each country closed borders and let Greece without help. The hypocrisy especially of the German leadership hit record high. They are presenting themselves as sympathetic to the refugees but they had undermined what the EU should be so to restrict refugee flows in German soil: solidarity among nations, equal responsibilities. So, this is the real EU now, not any treaties and agreements signed in papers. No country has the right to close its borders, yet they did it. So, where are the rules here? The rules applied only at the benefit of the big banking and corporate capital. This is the real EU.

2) When we are talking about "humanitarian values" and "human rights" we talk about many things. One basic human right is the right for work. Yet, the "wonderful" EU imposes the IMF-constructed recipes through the so-called "memorandums of understanding". Which simply means massive lay-offs, continuous cuts in pensions and wages, work "flexibility" in favor of the big companies etc. Things that have been conquered with struggles, the EU is taking them back at the expense of the people and in favor of the lobbyists. One basic human right is the right for housing. Yet, in Spain, under the EU pressure, thousands of people lost their homes because of the banks that have been bailed out with billions. The same happened in Greece, Ireland and elsewhere. One basic human right is the right for free health and education. Again the EU is pushing for privatization in its debt colonies like Greece. The welfare state the last 6 years has been damaged to a great extent. Poor people lost their jobs, their homes, they are uninsuranced have no money for healthcare. This is the real face of the EU today. So don't tell me about "human rights".