A new European commission claim to have the right to tell member states to impose criminal sanctions for offences against EU law may meet resistance, as member states are not keen on losing powers to Brussels.
The commission on Wednesday (23 November) presented a list of seven areas of EU legislation in which it wishes to have further powers in the area of criminal law, covering money laundering, computer-related crimes, maritime pollution, corruption, human trafficking and euro and ban...
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