tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post4225464154961828247..comments2008-10-07T09:28:22.091+01:00Open Europe blog teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16171019222913793556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-27930363327732050532008-10-06T22:27:00.000+01:002008-10-06T22:27:00.000+01:00First they came for the holocaust deniers... *<BR/><BR/>* Niemoller is used here for satirical purposes and no offence is intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-35720271254361398832008-10-06T14:01:00.000+01:002008-10-06T14:01:00.000+01:00Yes - thanks for this - that paper is available here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.ldeg.org/resources/index/European%20Policy%20and%20Briefing%20Documents<BR/><BR/>It even makes a special point of defending the inclusion of 'racism and xenophobia' in the list of areas where 'dual criminality' is dispensed with.<BR/><BR/>And anticipating problems, it also calls for an "EU common definition of serious crimes" as well as "effective EU-wide fair trial safeguards".Open Europe blog teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16264607701574814301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36227136.post-61860454253734109112008-10-06T12:45:00.000+01:002008-10-06T12:45:00.000+01:00Mr Huhne is both brave and right to stand up for freedom of speech. <BR/><BR/>However, Mr Huhne could have put right the "sloppy drafting" he now sees in the European Arrest Warrant during his time as an MEP. I for one wrote to him in April 2003 asking him to resist this measure, precisely on the grounds that it might oblige us to extradite people for what in Britain were not offences but ideas or opinions, under the fig-leaf of "xenophobia". It took him five months to give me a reply, which consisted in a copy of the Lib Dem European Group briefing note on the EAW; this found that the EAW was, by and large, a jolly good thing.<BR/><BR/>He now wants to have it both ways.Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350605877773226673noreply@blogger.com