[rmc]

There isn't a EU wide police or justice system. It's all done at the national level. Policing standards can vary widely around countries.

[mietek]

Your statement is true. The parent poster's statement is also true.

[nawitus]

Not really, the typical action in many EU countries is to go for pursuit. This is case in Finland and Sweden, for example.

[corin_]

I don't know enough about all the countries to say either way, but if FI/SE were the only two countries with this policy (not saying they are - I've no idea) then it would still be accurate to say that the opposite is true in the vast majority of the EU.