The decision was revealed in correspondence to the House of Lords in the UK, which stated that Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden will be “invoking constitutional rules as reason not to extradite their own nationals to the UK”. The text added that Austria and the Czech Republic will only extradite their own nationals to Britain with their consent. This decision from France appears to apply only to French nationals, not foreign nationals living or staying in France, but since the UK withdrew from the European Arrest Warrant scheme the mechanism in place for sending those suspected of a crime to the UK is not certain. The warrant can only be used in cases where the minimum penalty is more than one year in jail. The UK had already withdrawn from a Europe-wide data-sharing scheme for traffic offences, which means that Brits caught by speed cameras in France will no longer have fines sent to their home address – and the same applies to EU-registered cars in the UK.

Source: The Local March 29, 2021 12:10 UTC