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Tue 04 Apr 2003State opposes common EU prosecutor
The Government has completely rejected an effort by the Convention on the Future of Europe to create a European public prosecutor and opposed proposals to create common EU criminal justice rules.
Ruling out an EU-style director of public prosecutions, the Government said "no convincing or compelling case" had been made. "The proposed arrangements do not respect the different legal traditions of member-states," it declared.
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