EU PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO GO FORWARD WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF COUNTRIES
November 2nd, 2013
THE ESTABLISHMENT of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will proceed with a limited number of countries, after 11 of them lodged disagreements about its establishment by an October 28 deadline. The countries which will not sign onto the EPPO are Britain, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden. Denmark has not signed onto any judicial cooperation with other EU countries and thus is automatically excluded from participating.Criminal justice systems such as the EPPO need unanimous ...
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