ALLIANCE OF EUROPEAN STATES SPIKE EUROJUST REFORM PLANS
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ALLIANCE of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden have effectively blocked moves to create a European Public Prosecutor position. The European Commission has dropped draft proposals establishing the post within Eurojust, the European Union's (EU) network of prosecution agencies. This follows the tabling of reforms to Eurojust by these 14 member states which excluded the controversial prosecutor idea. However, the proposals would allow ...
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