WILL DENMARK'S CRIMINAL LAW BECOME MORE REPRESSIVE AS A RESULT OF THE EC'S LEGAL HARMONIZATION?
Vagn Greve, professor for criminal law at the Institute for Criminology of the University of Copenhagen has a critical view of European legal harmonisation efforts. According to Greve, the harmonization in the domain of criminal law will lead to more severe punishment in Denmark.
At present, sentences pronounced in Denmark are often harder than in Norway, Sweden or the Netherlands but milder than in most other European countries and particularly the United Kingdom. "I have no doubt that Danish criminal law will have no more importance than East German legislation today."
In the opinion of Greve the "centralist EC" lacks understanding for difference of standards of value among the different peoples of Europe.
Source: "Nordisk Netvaerk" No.34, April 92