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Skriven 2010-12-15 21:14:13 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: Assange on the "No Fly" list
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Hello Roy,

On Tuesday December 14 2010 12:32, you wrote to me:

 RW>>> On the contrary. GB isn't a EU country

 MvdV>> Wrong.

 RW> Not exactly...

Wrong. GB is a fully fledged EU member of the European community. Has been sine
the seventees. Admittedlym not always a loyal member, but a fully fledged
member nevertheless.

As an EU member the UJK is bound by the Lisbon treatey which proivides for a
European arrest warrant and extradition rules.

 RW> A number of states are less integrated into the EU than others. In
 RW> most cases this is because those states have gained an opt-out from a
 RW> certain policy area. The most notable is the opt-out from the Economic
 RW> and Monetary Union, the adoption of the euro as sole legal currency.

Wrong.

The monetairy union (Eurozone) is not the same as the Europeam Union.  Nobody
ever "opted out" of the monetary union.

 RW> Most states outside the Eurozone are obliged to adopt the euro
 RW> when they are ready,

Wrong again. There never was such an obligation.

 RW> but Denmark and the United Kingdom (and Sweden in an informal manner)
 RW> have obtained the right to retain their own independent currencies.

There was never any obligation for EU members to join the monetairy union. Some
choose to apply, some just choose not to.

In theory it os possible that a non EU member joins the monetary union.
Swtiserland may be a such a candidate.

 RW> Ireland and the United Kingdom also do not participate in the Schengen
 RW> Agreement.

But Switserland (not an EU member) does...

 RW> If a state isn't fully entegrated into the EU, they can't be thought
 RW> of as a full member of it until it conforms to each directive.

Thibk what you want. GB is is full member and therefoe bound by the EU
extradition rules.

 RW>>> and has extradition laws commenserate with the USA. Pushed hard
 RW>>> enough the Brits will give him up.

 MvdV>> I doubt that. I think the US will find that even the British
 MvdV>> are a tad tired of being pushed by the Americans.

 RW> You may be surprised by what they'll do when a staunch ally asks.

You may be surprised how inventive UK lawyers are when they want to stop an
extradition to the US...

Google for "Gary McKinnon"...

 MvdV>> To get Assange extradited from the UK to the US, the US will
 MvdV>> have to convinve a British court that:

 RW> Wrong.

Or so you think....


Cheers, Michiel

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