Agenda 2020
| Author | Vincent Asselineau |
| Published date | 01 June 2018 |
| Date | 01 June 2018 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/2032284418788760 |
| Subject Matter | Analysis and Opinion |
Agenda 2020: A new
Roadmap on minimum
standards of certain
procedural safeguards
Vincent Asselineau
France
Summary
The European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) recognizes the need for new and strong com-
mitments to the European Union (EU), especially in these anxious times. We need to strengthen
the EU as a guarantor of peace, our common values, fundamental human rights and the rule of
law in our common area of freedom, security and justice. Anti-EU sentiment, including Brexit,
should be met with the voice of reason. We should stress the advantages of the EU and the costs
of non-Europe as debated in and reported by the European Parliament (EP).
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In the field of
criminal law, the mission to achieve and rely on mutual trust is far from complete. For example,
the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) by Regulation 2017/1939
is, generally speaking, a step in the right direction towards improving the protection of the
financial interests of the EU. However, without the guarantee of a greater number of minimum
standards in criminal proceedings, there may be reason to fear a prosecutorial behemoth acting
against certain Member States and/or individuals. In many respects, the differences between
legal systems and the lack of protection providedbynationallawsleadto mistrust and general
scepticism in relation to Europe. The ECBA will work constructively with all EU institutions and
national ministries of justice and (other) NGOs to work towards a Europe in which mutual trust is
not misplaced.
Since the Tampere Council in 1999 and the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) Framework
Decision, 2002/584/JHA (EAW-FD), and also since the Stockholm Programme and the Road-
map on procedural rights of 2009, it has generally been recognized in all EU Member States that
mutual recognition as a legal principle in the field of criminal matters requires mutual trust. The
Corresponding author:
Vincent Asselineau, 6 Villa Saint Jaques, Paris 75014, France.
E-mail: vincent@asselineau-avocats.com
1. Procedural Rights and Detention Conditions, European Parliamentary Research Service, December 2017, PE611.008.
New Journal of European Criminal Law
2018, Vol. 9(2) 184–190
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