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.
The European Arrest Warrant gives Member States' j...
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