It's perplexing, then, though, that there would be an argument that on moral grounds they're restricting this hunt, but they don't particularly care how the hunt is undertaken and whether it's humane or not humane. They don't care how people kill the seals as long as those people belong to a class of persons. In that sense alone, it's a discriminatory vein the EU is taking by saying that they appreciate the culture and value and their understanding of that, but it's very perplexing for them to say, “We're standing on a moral ground here, but we don't actually care how these seals are killed.”
On April 7th, 2014. See this statement in context.