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Spain: ‘Banker jailed’

Miguel Blesa, the former chairman of Caja Madrid, the main savings bank in Spain’s largest nationalised banking operation, Bankia group, was taken into provisional custody […]

17 May 2013
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El Periódico de Catalunya
Czech Republic: ‘Swiss to judge Czech coal barons’

“It is in the small Swiss town of Bellinzona on the Italian border that a trial will begin today [May 13] that could have historic […]

13 May 2013
242
Presseurop
Hospodářské Noviny
Banking secrecy: Hervé Falciani will not be extradited

On May 8, the National Court of Spain rejected a request submitted by Bern to extradite Hervé Falciani with what amounts to a “very harsh […]

10 May 2013
344
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El Mundo, Libération, Mediapart
Spain: ‘Saved’

A court in Palma, Majorca, has provisionally dropped charges against Princess Cristina relating to her alleged complicity in a corruption case involving her husband, Iñaki […]

8 May 2013
182
Presseurop
El Periódico de Catalunya
Germany: ‘Facade sustained’

The trial of five members of the neo-Nazi terrorist group NSU, which began on May 6 in Munich, was adjourned when lawyers for the main […]

7 May 2013
292
Presseurop
Die Tageszeitung
Germany: ‘Karlsruhe imposes limits on secret services’

The German Constitutional Court decided on April 23 to impose a strict separation between the work of the police and intelligence services. For the Karlsruhe based […]

25 April 2013
291
Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Germany: ‘MPs put court under pressure’

On the initiative of three MPs of Turkish origin, 55 members of the German federal parliament have demanded that the trial of five members of […]

12 April 2013
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Die Welt
Czech Republic: ‘Godfathers’ black day’

“The North Bohemia regional ‘boss’ Alexandr Novák was arrested yesterday after he avoided a prison term [for corruption]. The very same day police brought criminal […]

3 April 2013
18
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Mladá Fronta DNES
Portugal: ‘Criminals from 60 countries in Portugal’s gangs’

According to a Europol report on organised crime, there are 3,600 gangs operating in the EU, and 70 per cent of these operate in multiple […]

20 March 2013
851
Presseurop
Diário de Notícias
Corruption: ‘Europe under scrutiny of Brussels prosecutors’

“[The problem] of theft from the EU money box has become so acute,” Europe needs an institution to protect its financial interests, reports the Warsaw […]

21 February 2013
923
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Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Spain: ‘Four detained over Catalonia spying network’

The owner of the detective agency Método 3, two former employees and its chief of operations have become the first arrested as part of an […]

19 February 2013
28
Presseurop
La Vanguardia
Italy: ‘Finmeccanica, managers in shackles’

After Monte dei Paschi di Siena and ENI, another Italian economic heavyweight is rocked by a corruption scandal: Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of leading military contractor […]

13 February 2013
174
Presseurop
La Repubblica
Romania: New mediation law still in question

Romanian criminal cases ranging from robbery to rape may now be settled by a mediator rather than in court. A new law that went into effect on February 1 aims to reduce the backlog in the courts and to promote social peace. But there is a risk is that it will fail because it is too ambiguous and difficult to interpret.

1 February 2013
794 CriticAtac Bucharest
Spain: Corruption weakens the state

"Gotcha," says Catalan daily El Periódico regarding several celebrities currently implicated in various corruption scandals. In the latest instalment on January 29, Carlos García Revenga, […]

30 January 2013
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Presseurop
El País, El Periódico de Catalunya
Bulgaria: ‘A warning shot’

A shoot-out occurred in front of the Sofia Courthouse on January 29 between bodyguards protecting Zlatko Ivanov and a gunman who had set an ambush […]

30 January 2013
16
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Standart
Romania: ‘State’s cold war against illicit fortunes’

It took the Romanian state four years to recover € 550 000 from two police officers who could not justify how they came by such […]

30 January 2013
211
Presseurop
România libera
Corruption: Austrian case renews call for EU prosecutor

Former Austrian interior minister and MEP Ernst Strasser’s jailing for four years for corruption should be “proclaimed the length and breadth of the European Union” […]

17 January 2013
1096
Presseurop
European Voice
Austria: A former MEP on trial for corruption

“In the crosshairs of justice”, headlines Kleine Zeitung. On November 26, Ernst Strasser, former MEP and former Austrian interior minister, went on trial for corruption. During […]

27 November 2012
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Kleine Zeitung, Die Presse
Croatia: Ivo Sanader — fall of an almost perfect leader

“You are a corrupt prime minister and a war profiteer”: quoting the judge presiding over his trial, Jutarnji List announces the conviction of Ivo Sanader, […]

21 November 2012
462
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Jutarnji List, Die Presse
Spain: Evictions: European Court of Justice enters fray

“Europe supports Spanish judges in their move to halt evictions,” leads El Economista following the publication by the Court of Justice of the European Union […]

9 November 2012
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El Economista
Norway: A country relieved by Breivik sentence

The verdict eagerly awaited by the people of Norway finally came at around 10am on August 24. Anders Behring Breivk is to serve […]

24 August 2012
2510
Presseurop
Dagbladet
Banking secrecy : Billion-euro whistleblower

Hervé Falciani is the 40-year-old computer technician who provided several European governments access to files listing the names of the thousands of their citizens evading taxes via bank accounts at HSBC's Swiss affiliate. Arrested in Barcelona in late July, he is awaiting extradition to Switzerland.

24 August 2012
102418 El País Madrid
United Kingdom: Assange helps case for EU extradition law

The parable of Julian Assange, holed-up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, at least had the merit of demonstrating that the European Arrest Warrant system, which is being used to apprehend the WikiLeaks co-founder, does in fact work, the Eurosceptic Daily Telegraph begrudingly admits.

22 August 2012
5625 The Daily Telegraph London
United Kingdom-Sweden: Outrage as Ecuador grants asylum to Assange

The decision by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to grant political asylum to Assange has aroused strong reactions in the Swedish and British press. […]

17 August 2012
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Dagens Nyheter, The Times
Romania and Bulgaria: Bucharest and Sofia, still incorrigible for Commission

Two reports published on July 18 by the European Commission regarding the rule of law in Romania and in Bulgaria, both of which joined the EU in 2007, stress both countries' lack of democracy and poor records in the fight against crime. These two findings have sparked a debate in the both their national presses.

18 July 2012
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Presseurop
România libera, Adevărul, Sega & 2 others
Romania: No lustration for former Communists

"A predictable verdict: no lustration in Romania," headlines Bucharest daily România Liberă, following a decision by the Constitutional Court, which, for the second time, ruled […]

29 March 2012
28
Presseurop
România libera
Crime: Brussels to crack down on mob

On 12 March, the European Commission presented a proposal for new rules to reinforce the fight against organised crime, which notably include simplified […]

13 March 2012
501
Presseurop
Dagens Nyheter
Spain: End of the road for Judge Garzón

On February 9, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced Baltasar Garzón to an eleven-year ban from the judiciary for having abused his power.

10 February 2012
606
Presseurop
El País, El Mundo, ABC, Público
Italy: Where truth is never clear-cut

The Amanda Knox case highlights one of the many failings of the Italian court system – it never delivers door-slamming certainty.

6 October 2011
90 The Guardian London
Austria: A haven of corruption

"Give and take: the corrupt republic," headlines Die Presse in its report on "the wave of corruption scandals that has rocked the country." According to […]

31 August 2011
1
Presseurop
Die Presse
France: Strauss-Kahn 'free to leave'

"DSK case dismissed," headlines Aujourd'hui, following news that the New York State district attorney, Cyrus Vance, has informed Nafissatou Diallo "that charges against her alleged […]

23 August 2011

Presseurop
Aujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien
Bulgaria: Sofia gets another earful from Brussels

“Changes have had no impact,” headlines Dnevnik. Once again, the European Commission’s annual report on progress in judicial reform, and the fight against corruption and […]

20 July 2011
1
Presseurop
Dnevnik
Lithuania-Austria: Release of KGB officer creates chill

There is a chill in relations between Vilnius and Vienna. “Lithuania demands a sentence,” says Lithuanian daily Vilniaus diena concerning Mikhail Golovatov, a former KGB […]

19 July 2011

Presseurop
Vilniaus diena
Netherlands: Dutch state liable for Srebrenica deaths

“The Court [of Appeal of The Hague] has handed down a historic decision” and has left “the state in disarray” by finding it responsible for […]

6 July 2011
2
Presseurop
Trouw
France: DSK: the saga continues

"DSK back" is Libération's headline. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the IMF, was freed on July 1 after doubts came to light […]

4 July 2011
2
Presseurop
Libération
Serbia-Netherlands: Mladić transferred to The Hague

"Mladić transferred to The Hague," headlines Nezavisne Novine, following the extradition of the Bosnian-Serb former military leader from Belgrade to the Netherlands. According to the […]

1 June 2011
1
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Nezavisne Novine
Demjanjuk trial: Butcher of Sobibor sentenced and released

A year and a half after the start of the trial of John Demjanjuk in Munich, the former guard at the Sobibor concentration […]

13 May 2011
3
Presseurop
Trouw
Germany: "Security retention" is outlawed

Seldom has the Süddeutsche Zeitung welcomed with such enthusiasm a decision by the German Constitutional Court: "Security retention is unconstitutional," exults the Munich daily. On […]

5 May 2011
1
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Immigration: Italy taken to task for imprisoning aliens

The "European Court of Justice rules that illegal immigration is not a crime," headlines La Repubblica. In its judgement on an appeal filed by Algerian […]

29 April 2011
2
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La Repubblica
Spain: Judge Garzón gets judged

Baltazar Garzón “will be tried for the 'Gürtel affair' before the corruption trials themselves,” leads the Spanish daily El País, following the decision by the […]

12 April 2011

Presseurop
El País
Italy: Berlusconi launches “his” justice reform

With a large bandage on his face following surgery to his jaw, the head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi has, in a “resumption […]

11 March 2011

Presseurop
La Stampa
Belarus: International campaign against Lukaschenko

“Lukashenko: the dictator in the dock,” headlines the Independent, leading for the second day running on the Belarus strongman. With hundreds known to have been […]

9 March 2011

Presseurop
The Independent
Romania: Bucharest walks in step with ECHR

Bucharest has decided to fall into step behind the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On 23 February, the Romanian parliament adopted a […]

24 February 2011
16
Presseurop
Jurnalul Naţional
UNITED KINGDOM: MPs kick out ECHR ruling on prisoners

“Day we stood up to Europe,” headlines the Daily Mail, after British MPs “defied” a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that prisoners […]

11 February 2011

Presseurop
The Daily Mail
France: Judges strike against Sarkozy

"The judges’ revolt spreads across France," leads Le Monde on the eve of an unprecedented national mobilisation. About fifty out of 179 High Courts have […]

9 February 2011

Presseurop
Le Monde
Germany: Sentences served, but still in jail

"The judge: murderers have rights too." The German Constitutional Court has begun to assess complaints filed by four inmates remaining in secure detention […]

8 February 2011

Presseurop
Die Tageszeitung
Human rights: The EU’s conscience

Although the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has on occasion been criticised by national administrations, Professor of European Law at Leiden University Rick Lawson argues that it remains an indispensable institution for the EU.

31 January 2011
601 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam
Poland: Speed video trials for football hooligans

“Videoconferencing with hooligans 2012”, leads Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, referring to a new bill drawn up by the Ministry of Justice ahead of the Euro 2012 […]

17 January 2011

Presseurop
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Portugal : Scandal splatters Barroso

“The European Commission, presided over by José Manuel Barroso, must decide if it wants to launch an investigation against the former [Portuguese] government of its […]

21 December 2010
1961
Presseurop
i
WikiLeaks: Assange case tests Europe's justice system

The arrest of the WikiLeaks’ founder in London on the basis of a warrant issued by Swedish authorities will serve as a test of new cross-border procedures to fight crime in the EU. But do these procedures do enough to safeguard citizens’ rights?

9 December 2010
49 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm

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You say...

I dare say that your "schism" would be not like Luther's, rather it would be like Thomas Müntzer's one. It is one thing not to like how the euro is working, but quite another to mix up misunderstood concepts which serve only to deepen the abyss that already exists.

El elogio de la locura on Europe needs its Martin Luther

These people certainly help to show huge loopholes in the EU system. Is the EU able to act? Laws must be tightened so that people cannot receive benefits in a country where they have never worked. And most of all there must be exemplary penalties against gang leaders.

preda on Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs

Europeans have made no use of the European citizenship they have had since 1992. Nice little sheep who allow themselves to be shorn, they continue to place their trust in national parties who are fully focused on their national electoral advantage.

alcofribas on ‘Eurozone mired in recession’