Blog: The UK opts back in to the European Arrest Warrant – and other EU criminal law

After much controversy, the United Kingdom completed on the 1 December 2014 the process of opting out of EU criminal law measures adopted before the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and opting back in to some of them. This blog post looks ats the legal framework for this process and the consequences of opting back in.

• Primary Source

Statewatch: Statewatch Analysis, No.250, July 2014: The UK opt in to pre-Lisbon EU criminal law http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-250-uk-opt-in.pdf

ESO: Background information: Cameron and May savaged for broken promises over European arrest warrant http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-and-may-savaged-for-broken-promises-over-european-arrest-warrant/

ESO: Background information: Cameron to stage Commons vote on European arrest warrant http://www.europeansources.info/record/cameron-to-stage-commons-vote-on-european-arrest-warrant/

ESO: Background information: UK's block opt-out and partial re-opt-in to the ex-third pillar acquis http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-uks-block-opt-out-and-partial-re-opt-in-to-the-ex-third-pillar-acquis/

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