Okay, I'll try to be very brief.
The EU itself is not a country and it's not a state. It's a group. They do have their own policies in place that actually conflict with not only our culture but the sustainable practices that Canada signed onto as well. But again, all we can do as the Inuit Circumpolar Council is advise the Arctic Council that we would like to see certain things changed by some of these applicants to reflect the practices and agreed-upon processes within the Arctic Council. The Arctic Council has signed on, as the eight Arctic states, in regard to various processes and understandings, and the observers are supposed to agree to that. So that's a question that still needs to be clarified.
In regard to the other applicants, there are of course human rights issues. There are key questions such as how they would proactively contribute to the mandate of the Arctic Council. The second pillar within every observer applicant is how they're going to work with the permanent participants. That's one question they continue to ignore answering when they have applied.
The Arctic Council is in the process of developing criteria in regard to observers, where observers will be periodically reviewed, on a regular basis, so that it's ensured they're taking part in the Arctic Council activities in a proactive manner.