Friday, 12 July 2013

U.K. Opts Out of EU Criminal Justice Powers

The U.K. government plans to reduce the number of European Union criminal justice and policing powers that it follows to those its deems to be in its national interest, part of a wider agenda to wrest back control of its affairs from European institutions.

But Home Secretary Theresa May said Tuesday that the U.K. intended to remain signed up to the European arrest warrant—one of the most contentious among the cross-border powers in question—although it would be reformed to exclude suspects of minor crimes.
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