Brussels, 13/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU justice ministers, meeting in Brussels on Friday 13 March, agreed a general approach on legal aid. Little enthusiasm for the general approach was shown by either France or Spain, with Madrid expressing its disappointment at the final text.
The draft directive on the right of suspects or defendants deprived of their liberty to interim legal aid, which was presented at the end of November 2013, now no longer covers minor offences or temporary...