(ANSA) - UDINE - ''The idea of being European Union citizens
should not be imposed from above. I am convinced that if, as
judges, we get used to know and overcome language barriers, we
can effectively contribute to create an idea of a Europe of
shared justice'', said Udine chief prosecutor Antonio De Nicolo
at the end of a 1-week bilateral meeting with Austrian
prosecutors. A delegation from Udine Prosecutor's Office was
hosted at Klagenfurt Prosecutor for the first ''Italian mission
abroad'' funded by the EJTN, the European Judicial Training
Network. The training week enabled the Italian delegation led by
the Prosecutor De Nicolo to deepen the peculiarities of Italian
and Austrian law. De Nicolo said he has found a country where
''you invest in justice'' and ''with a widespread sense of
respect for justice''. The delegations have found some
differences between their respective penal systems, such as
''the only two stages of legal proceedings in Austria'' (instead
of three), the 'stature barred' legal action that'' does not
occur after the prosecution has begun'', the possibility of
''self-archivin investigation''. During the meetings, the judges
discussed the letters rogatory in Italy and Austria, in order to
speed up the procedures, and, as the prosecutor said, ''prevent
justice from stopping at the border.'' The mission was the
continuation of the relations spontaneously developed by the
chief prosecutor since his arrival in Udine, in the summer of
2015, when he organized a meeting with colleagues of
neighbouring prosecuting authorities in Austria (Klagenfurt) and
Slovenia (Kranj and Nova Gorica). Meanwhile, the Udine
prosecutor was also hosted by the Prosecutor of West Stockholm,
office with 35 deputy prosecutors, who have visited Friuli in
order to study Italian judicial system. (ANSA).
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