European Union member states can no longer invoke procedural or national pretexts to refuse to surrender persons wanted under a European arrest warrant, according to the ruling delivered last Thursday by the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C 481/23 (Sangas). The CJEU decision was delivered in a case in which a court in our country refused to surrender a Spanish citizen, and Spain referred the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union. The CJEU's response reinforces the