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"Europe is not a joke. It's like a bicycle, either it goes ahead or it falls to the ground," said the EU justice commissioner (l) (Photo: Finnish prime minister's office)

National justice veto survives EU Tampere meeting

EU justice ministers have shown disagreement on whether to give up their national veto on counter-terrorism and cross-border policing - resulting in the veto still standing after a key meeting in Finland.

Finland - currently holding the rotating EU presidency - along with the European Commission, failed on Friday (22 September) to convince the bloc's 25 justice and home affairs ministers to scrap their right to veto decisions related to crime, the judiciary and immigration in order to ...

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"Europe is not a joke. It's like a bicycle, either it goes ahead or it falls to the ground," said the EU justice commissioner (l) (Photo: Finnish prime minister's office)

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