Key legal question
Whether the Federal Office of Justice was competent to decide extradition despite political-objection arguments
Extracted holding
The Office could decide, because the applicants did not invoke a political offence in the strict sense but relied on political motivation of the prosecution; the Office's reasoning was treated as a proposal.
Extracted reasoning
Article 55(2) IRSG applies also to political objections under Article 3(2) EEA, but misclassification by the Office does not invalidate the decision.