Forslaget er dog endvidere et eksempel på EU's snigende kompetenceudvidelse og er et led i forsøget på at skabe et harmoniseret europæisk system for straffe- og procesret - et retssystem, som i praksis vil være uden for borgernes direkte kontrol.
The proposal is, however, one more example of the creeping extension of the EU’s competences and constitutes a stage in the attempt to create a harmonised European system of criminal law and of laws relating to judicial procedure – a legal system that, in practice, will be outside people’s direct control.