Important decision for EU member states: the magistrates of the EU Court of Justice ruled that if a member state refuses to execute a European Arrest Warrant, in order for the punishment to be executed on the territory of that state, they must obtain the consent of the courts of the issuing member state, IPN reports.
In this context, Romanian Foreign Minister Oana toiu called the decision “good news” for the Romanian state and “bad news” for the so-called “luxury criminals”, given that if a Romanian offender, who flees to another EU country and is detained there, will not be able to stay in that country to serve the sentence, if the Romanian courts do not approve it.
The message of the Bucharest official has a significant weight, as there are at least five people on the list of Romanian fugitives, including ex-senator Sorin Oprescu, former chief prosecutor of DIICOT, Alina Bica, and Prince Paul of Romania. Italian and Greek courts have ordered several Romanian fugitives to serve prison sentences, issued by Romania, in Italy or Greece, but suspended.