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By
having
such
an
impact
in
the
past
,
the
Court
has
attracted
the
antipathy
of
parties
of
both
sides
of
the
political
spectrum
as
well
as
a
powerful
elite
of
skilled
political
knife
-
fighters
,
joining
forces
in
a
coalition
comprising
the
neo
-
liberal
-
leaning
supporters
who
hate
the
intervening
State
and
the
nation
-
State
admirers
who
are
viscerally
opposed
to
any
form
of
international
comity
and
alliance
.
The
mood
is
sanguine
in
some
quarters
in
Europe
.
Some
leaders
pitch
populations
to
their
worst
instincts
and
feed
their
political
base
red
meat
on
sensitive
policies
,
such
as
criminal
,
immigration
and
minorities
policies
.
These
ideas
have
gained
new
purchase
.
They
are
championed
by
a
populace
every
bit
as
puerile
as
their
leaders
.
The
narrow
-
minded
,
sovereignist
-
leaning
mood
is
in
full
display
in
the
reaction
to
some
“
unpleasant
”
judgments
of
the
Court
.
In
a
crusade
against
entrenched
principles
of
international
law
and
foundational
principles
of
the
Convention
system
,
some
governments
and
their
protégés
pretend
that
their
possession
of
the
Convention
means
that
domestic
courts
have
the
final
say
on
its
interpretation
and
,
above
all
,
on
the
implementation
of
the
Court
’s
judgments
.
The
mesmerising
effect
of
the
message
aims
at
losing
sight
of
the
difference
between
the
Contracting
Parties
’
power
over
the
fate
of
the
Convention
as
an
international
treaty
and
the
Court
’s
unique
role
and
unconditioned
power
to
determine
its
content
in
accordance
with
Article
19
of
the
Convention
and
impose
its
interpretation
through
judgments
with
direct
and
binding
effect
on
the
legal
order
of
all
Contracting
Parties
.
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