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Romanian Presidency: Overview of Legislative JHA Items
On 4 June 2019, the Romanian Council Presidency published an overview of the state of play of legislative proposals in the area of justice and home affairs. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Legislation
Group of Schengen States Discusses Challenges for External Land Border Management
Norway provided information on the joint statement by “the Ministerial Forum for Member States of the Schengen Area with External Land Borders.” The Forum met in Kirkenes, Norway on 20-22 May 2019. Read more
EU
Schengen
Future of EU Substantive Criminal Law
At their meeting on 6 June 2019, the Justice Ministers of the EU Member States debated about a report by the Romanian Council Presidency on the future of EU substantive criminal law. A questionnaire was designed to find out MS' views on the need to introduce additional harmonising criminal law provisions in new areas within the EU’s competence pursuant to Art. 83 TFEU Read more
EU
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Countering Hybrid Threats on Agenda of Finnish Council Presidency
Finland plans to increase awareness of hybrid threats and to reinforce the EU’s common response to them. At the informal meeting of the home affairs ministers of the EU Member States in Helsinki on 18 July 2019, the Finnish Presidency presented a fictious scenario involving hybrid threats and invited the ministers to hold a policy debate. Read more
EU
Security Union
Security Union: Progress Report on Countering Hybrid Threats
On 29 May 2019, the European Commission and the European External Action Service tabled a report on the EU’s progress in tackling hybrid threats. The EU response to hybrid threats is mainly based on 22 countermeasures, ranging from improving information exchange and strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure and cybersecurity to building resilience in the society against radicalisation and extremism. Read more
EU
Security Union
European Preventive Policing: Council Calls for Enhanced Use of Joint Patrols and Joint Operations
In its conclusions on “certain aspects of European preventive policing” of 6 June 2019, the JHA Council invites EU Member States “to make more efficient use of the existing legal framework at national and European level regarding the deployment of officers involved in joint patrols and other joint operations." Read more
EU
Security Union
Police Cooperation
Council Calls for New Knowledge-Sharing Platform to Support Law Enforcement
To better connect experts, tools, initiatives, and services in the area of digital data, Europol has been called on to develop a knowledge-sharing platform – the “Novel Actionable Information” (NAI). Read more
EU
Security Union
Europol
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Reflections on Future EU Internal Security
At its meeting on 7 June 2019, the home affairs ministers of the EU Member States began discussing the future of EU policy in the area of internal security, especially law enforcement cooperation. The ministers concurred on the following fields of action:Effectively implementating … Read more
EU
Security Union
19th Progress Report on Security Union
On 24 July 2019, the European Commission presented its 19th “progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union.” It focuses, in particular, on the following: the need for the Union’s co-legislators to deliver on pending legislative proposals; enhancement of digital infrastructure security in connection with the fifth generation (5G) networks; analysis of the current risks and vulnerabilities of the EU’s anti-money laundering framework... Read more
EU
Security Union
Commission: Rule-of-Law-Related Infringement Actions Against Hungary
On 25 July 2019, the Commission decided to launch an action before the CJEU against Hungary for not fulfilling its obligations under EU law, because Hungary has not changed its so-called “Stop Soros” legislation. The law criminalises activities in support of asylum applications and further restricts the right to request asylum. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Rule of Law
Commission Advances Infringement Procedure Against New Disciplinary Regime for Polish Judges
On 17 July 2019, the Commission took the next step in the infringement procedure against Poland, eyeing the Polish law that introduced a new disciplinary regime for ordinary court judges. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
AG: Poland’s New Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court Incompatible with EU Law
On 27 June 2019, Advocate General Tanchev delivered his opinion on a reference for a preliminary ruling brought by the Polish Supreme Court (Joined Cases C‑585/18, C‑624/18 and C‑625/18). The referring court casts doubt as to whether the newly created Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court meets the requirements of independence under EU law. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
AG: Polish Reform Introducing New Retirement Rules for Judges Incompatible with EU Law
On 20 June 2019, Advocate General Tanchev presented his opinion on whether the new retirement rules for Polish judges and prosecutors violate EU law. The case (C-192/18) is an action for failure to fulfil obligations (Art. 258 TFEU). Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
CJEU: Polish Supreme Court Reform Infringes EU Law
On 24 June 2019, the CJEU ruled that the Polish reform lowering the retirement age of the Supreme Court judges is contrary to EU law (Case C-619/18). The Court reviewed the Polish reform law in light of Art. 19(1) subpara. 2 TEU. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Council: Debate on Rule of Law from Justice Perspective
In light of a discussion paper by the Finnish Council Presidency, the Ministers of Justice of the EU Member States held a policy debate on strengthening the rule of law ‒ from the perspective of the justice sector. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Rule of Law
Fundamental Rights Report 2019
In June 2019, FRA published its fundamental rights Report 2019. The 2019 report places special emphasis on the interrelationship between human rights and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an EU context. Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Fundamental Rights
Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)