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UK-EU: OPT-OUT: Statewatch Analysis

26 March 2014

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"It is clear that the UK’s decision to exercise the block opt out from pre-Lisbon third pillar measures, along with simultaneous demands to opt back in to 35 measures, to participate in SIS II five weeks beforehand, to check all other Member States’ EAWs for proportionality, and to insist that all EAWs be transmitted separately to the UK authorities, topped off by the Conservative party’s plan to hold an in/out referendum, has pushed some other Member States’ patience to the breaking point."

See the full text: The UK opt-out from Justice and Home Affairs law: the other Member States finally lose patience (pdf) by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex

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