ITALY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE

BY KEITH NUTHALLA THREATENED censure by the Council of Europe against the notorious inefficiency of the Italian judicial system has been postponed, because the Italian government has failed to promptly supply a report on the problem. Ignoring the obvious irony, the council's Committee of the Ministers has delayed until June a "thorough examination" of measures required to speed up Italian justice. The committee - whose organisation is not part of the European Union (EU) - claimed that "structural problems" in Italian justice were so severe, they caused "many ...


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