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EU states have been urged to implement the arrest warrant by June (Photo: EUobserver)

French court throws out European arrest warrant

The difficulties of implementing the European Arrest Warrant have been demonstrated in France where a court has refused to extradite to Spain three French Basque militants.

According to Le Monde, magistrates at the court of appeal in Pau, South-West France, decided not to apply the European Arrest Warrant in this case, because part of the criminal activity took place on French soil.

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EU states have been urged to implement the arrest warrant by June (Photo: EUobserver)

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