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MEPs Debate Links between Rule of Law Report and EU Funding 
30 September 2025 (updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2025
On occasion of the presentation of the 2025 Rule of Law Report (→ eucrim 2/2025, 107-108) on 23 September 2025, MEPs from the LIBE Committee and the EU Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath discussed ways to strengthen the conditionality in the next multiannual financial … Read more
EU Rule of Law Protection of Financial Interests
EPRS Paper on Implementation of Conditionality Regulation 
15 September 2025 (updated 8 months, 1 week ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2025
In August 2025, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) released a paper that provides an overview of the implementation of Regulation 2020/2092 on the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (the "Conditionality Regulation"). The Regulation aims to protect the EU … Read more
EU Rule of Law European Parliament Protection of Financial Interests
Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report 
1 August 2025 (updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2025
On 8 July 2025, the European Commission published its sixth annual Rule of Law Report, the first under its new mandate. It examined developments in all 27 EU Member States and, as in 2024, in four enlargement countries (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) and across four pillars: justice, anti-corruption, media freedom, and institutional checks and balances. Read more
EU Rule of Law Commission Corruption
CoE Convention on Protection of Lawyers Opened for Signature 
15 May 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 13 May 2025, the first-ever international treaty that aims at ensuring better protection of the profession of lawyer was opened for signature by the Council of Europe. Read more
Council of Europe Rule of Law Procedural Safeguards
ECJ: Polish Judge Retains Jurisdiction after Unlawful Withdrawal of Cases 
13 March 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
In its judgment of 6 March 2025 in Joined Cases C-647/21 (D.K.) and C-648/21 (M.C and M.F.), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified that the decision to withdraw cases from a judge is subject to objective and precise criteria … Read more
EU Rule of Law
Guide for Practitioners on the Use of Conflict Zone Information in Criminal Proceedings 
27 February 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 2 February 2025, the Council of Europe published a practical guide on the use of information collected in conflict zones as evidence in investigations and prosecutions of crimes of terrorism and crimes against international humanitarian law committed in armed conflicts. Read more
Council of Europe Rule of Law Terrorism
European Chief Prosecutor Raises Concerns about Changes to Austrian Criminal Procedure Law 
6 February 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
New amendments to the Austrian law on criminal procedure entered into force on 1 January 2025. In addition the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice presented a draft for an Act on the implementation of EU Criminal Justice Acts. In light of these legislative amendments and … Read more
EU Rule of Law European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
Hungary: Rule-of-Law Developments in the Second Half of 2024 
6 February 2025 (updated 9 months, 2 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
This news item continues eucrim’s overview of worrying rule-of-law developments in Hungary as far as implications on Union law, in particular the protection of the EU’s financial interests, are concerned. It covers the period from 1 July to 31 December 2024. It follows up on the overview in eucrim 1/2024, 5-7 which covered developments in the first half of 2024. Read more
Council of Europe EU Rule of Law European Court of Human Rights Protection of Financial Interests
CCJE Opinion on the Disciplinary Liability of Judges 
13 January 2025 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
On 13 December 2024, the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe adopted an opinion on the disciplinary liability of judges. The opinion was drafted in the light of the fact that liability of judges has become a … Read more
Council of Europe Rule of Law Procedural Safeguards
Poland: Rule-of-Law Developments in the Second Half of 2024 
6 January 2025 (updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
After the previous PiS government had been replaced by the new Polish government under the leadership of Donald Tusk at the end of 2023, the reappraisal and reversal of judicial reforms in Poland that jeopardised the rule of law has started (→previous overview in eucrim … Read more
EU Rule of Law
Croatian Solution to Conflict of Competence Worries EPPO 
16 December 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2024
Following a conflict of competence with the Croatian Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK), European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi sent a formal letter to the European Commission on 21 November 2024 expressing concern about violations of the rule of law … Read more
EU Rule of Law European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
CCPE: Opinion on Strengthening Independence of Prosecution Services 
12 November 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2024
On 29 October 2024, the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) published an Opinion on managing prosecution services to ensure their independence and impartiality. The Opinion also aims at reinforcing the efficiency of the work of prosecution services. Read more
Council of Europe Rule of Law Consultative Council of European Public Prosecutors (CCPE)
ECJ Ruled on Res Judicata Effects of Administrative Court Decision before Criminal Courts 
28 October 2024
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 3/2024
On 26 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued a judgment in Case C-792/22 ("Energotehnica") addressing the binding force of administrative court judgements for criminal proceedings and the primacy of EU law over conflicting national court decisions. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights Rule of Law Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Procedural Safeguards Victim Protection
Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law Report 
17 October 2024 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
On 24 July 2024, the Commission published its 5th Rule of Law Report. The Rule of Law Report includes 27 country chapters and examines developments – both positive and negative – across all EU Member States in four key areas for the rule of … Read more
EU Rule of Law Commission
Poland: Rule-of-Law Developments in the First Half of 2024 
3 August 2024 (updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
This news item continues the overview of the rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they are relevant under a European law perspective). It covers the period from the second half of January to the end of June 2024 and follows the overview in → eucrim 4/2023, 308-312. Read more
EU Rule of Law
Hungary : Rule-of-Law Developments in the First Half of 2024 
31 July 2024 (updated 1 year, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
This news item continues eucrim’s regular overview of concerning rule-of-law developments in Hungary as far as implications on Union law, in particular the protection of the EU’s financial interests, are concerned. It covers the period from the second half of January until the end of June 2024. It follows up on the overview in eucrim 4/2023, 309-312, which covered developments up to mid-January 2024. Read more
EU Rule of Law