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Post by Ribaric on Sept 17, 2013 9:32:02 GMT 1
if i've misunderstood this.
As part of the EU accession treaty, HR signed up to be fully compliant with the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) procedures. One headline case concerns a certain Josip Perkovic who has been on Germany's wanted list for years, he is suspected of involvement in the murder of a Croatian dissident, Stjepan Djurekovic, in Germany in 1983. Germany expected, upon accession on July 1st this year that Croatia would hand over Perkovic.
A matter of a few days before accession, the Croatian Sabor amended its domestic law so that such extraditions would only apply to cases after 2002. This is clearly not what the rest of the EU thought had been agreed.
The EU commission complained that this is de-facto cheating and that some significant EU accession funds promised to ease Croatia's transition would be held back as a consequence, the Croatian EU commission representative voted for this action against her own government, that must have been a 'moment' for her. In view of this, the Sabor decided to re-think their position and climbed down. Yesterday, they amended the domestic law to be in line with what Croatia had originally signed up to, but... this new law would not apply until July 2014. So Croatia is still cheating, Perkovic remains free despite a EAW issued for him to be extradited to Germany until next year. Between now and then, it's anyone's guess what will happen to Perkovic and, probably, a number of others.
If I've got this right... how bloody embarrassing is this? Can anyone enlighten me as to why the Sabor would take such steps? Are they being blackmailed about naughty goings-on in the past? I can just imagine the Europeans shaking their collective heads in disbelief.
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Post by crojoe on Sept 17, 2013 10:09:26 GMT 1
if i've misunderstood this. As part of the EU accession treaty, HR signed up to be fully compliant with the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) procedures. One headline case concerns a certain Josip Perkovic who has been on Germany's wanted list for years, he is suspected of involvement in the murder of a Croatian dissident, Stjepan Djurekovic, in Germany in 1983. Germany expected, upon accession on July 1st this year that Croatia would hand over Perkovic. A matter of a few days before accession, the Croatian Sabor amended its domestic law so that such extraditions would only apply to cases after 2002. This is clearly not what the rest of the EU thought had been agreed. The EU commission complained that this is de-facto cheating and that some significant EU accession funds promised to ease Croatia's transition would be held back as a consequence, the Croatian EU commission representative voted for this action against her own government, that must have been a 'moment' for her. In view of this, the Sabor decided to re-think their position and climbed down. Yesterday, they amended the domestic law to be in line with what Croatia had originally signed up to, but... this new law would not apply until July 2014. So Croatia is still cheating, Perkovic remains free despite a EAW issued for him to be extradited to Germany until next year. Between now and then, it's anyone's guess what will happen to Perkovic and, probably, a number of others. If I've got this right... how bloody embarrassing is this? Can anyone enlighten me as to why the Sabor would take such steps? Are they being blackmailed about naughty goings-on in the past? I can just imagine the Europeans shaking their collective heads in disbelief. Welcome to The European Union, or maybe more like welcome to politics, corrupt leaders, corrupt institutions and backroom dealings! The Eu is full of it, as is Croatia. It's a strange new world, where yesterdays hero is today's villein, where former dictators are today's politicians, where corruption still is an every day occurrence, where the corporate banking system get to steal your money and get away with it while the small time thief gets 10 years. This guy is one of their own. Remembering that Croatia is a small country, many family ties run deep, people do favors for each other a lot and probably in politics have a lot of dirt on one another. Putting this guy on a court stand might bring out the dirty laundry, involved a whole lot of other people back home? |
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Post by crojoe on Sept 17, 2013 18:47:45 GMT 1
if i've misunderstood this. As part of the EU accession treaty, HR signed up to be fully compliant with the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) procedures. One headline case concerns a certain Josip Perkovic who has been on Germany's wanted list for years, he is suspected of involvement in the murder of a Croatian dissident, Stjepan Djurekovic, in Germany in 1983. Germany expected, upon accession on July 1st this year that Croatia would hand over Perkovic. A matter of a few days before accession, the Croatian Sabor amended its domestic law so that such extraditions would only apply to cases after 2002. This is clearly not what the rest of the EU thought had been agreed. The EU commission complained that this is de-facto cheating and that some significant EU accession funds promised to ease Croatia's transition would be held back as a consequence, the Croatian EU commission representative voted for this action against her own government, that must have been a 'moment' for her. In view of this, the Sabor decided to re-think their position and climbed down. Yesterday, they amended the domestic law to be in line with what Croatia had originally signed up to, but... this new law would not apply until July 2014. So Croatia is still cheating, Perkovic remains free despite a EAW issued for him to be extradited to Germany until next year. Between now and then, it's anyone's guess what will happen to Perkovic and, probably, a number of others. If I've got this right... how bloody embarrassing is this? Can anyone enlighten me as to why the Sabor would take such steps? Are they being blackmailed about naughty goings-on in the past? I can just imagine the Europeans shaking their collective heads in disbelief. Welcome to The European Union, or maybe more like welcome to politics, corrupt leaders, corrupt institutions and backroom dealings! The Eu is full of it, as is Croatia. It's a strange new world, where yesterdays hero is today's villein, where former dictators are today's politicians, where corruption still is an every day occurrence, where the corporate banking system get to steal your money and get away with it while the small time thief gets 10 years. This guy is one of their own. Remembering that Croatia is a small country, many family ties run deep, people do favors for each other a lot and probably in politics have a lot of dirt on one another. Putting this guy on a court stand might bring out the dirty laundry, involved a whole lot of other people back home? This out today... www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2013-09-17/34568/Prime_Minister_on_Monday_silent_on_EU_sanctions |
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Post by Ribaric on Sept 29, 2013 9:02:20 GMT 1
I see this still bouncing aroud both here and in Brussels without a clear endgame. Nobody has yet explained to anyone why the Sabor made this amendment so we're all left to guess.
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