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The legal profession is much like a priesthood; both lawyers and theologians interpret a central text, be it the Bible, the Quran, the Gita, or the Constitution. We bury ourselves in canonical commentaries on that text. And we are all supplicants to beings much more powerful than ourselves

The EU has spent billions of euros trying to cosy up to authoritarian regimes across North Africa, as part of its efforts to limit migration and build relations on counter-terrorism and security. But now it appears, in Libya and Morocco at least, that the EU has been Trumped.