The news conference came in response to food supplier Findus France saying it will file a legal complaint against a Romanian business that is part of the supply chain.
Turning to Saudi Arabia - a key oil supplier and another partner in the war on terror - it says there have been some gains, such as a conference on women's rights and creation of the first formal human rights group, but concludes: "The record of human rights abuses and violations... still far exceeds the advances".