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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
FRA Report on Being Intersex in the EU 
30 September 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 3/2025
On 17 September 2025, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a new report examining the discrimination, harassment, violence, and non-consensual medical interventions experienced by intersex persons in 30 European countries. The report found distinct results and trends compared with the previous survey conducted in 2019. Read more
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Spotlight ECJ: EU Member State Cannot Enforce Prison Sentence without Consent of Sentencing State 
30 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 4 September 2025, the Grand Chamber of the ECJ decided that an EU Member State cannot enforce a custodial sentence imposed in another Member State itself without the consent of that State. The sentencing State may maintain the EAW and seek to have the person concerned back for enforcement of the prison sentence on its own territory. Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant Taking Account of Convictions Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Anniversary of CoE's AI Convention 
30 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 5 September 2025, the Council of Europe celebrated the first anniversary of the opening for signature of its Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence at a conference in Madrid, Spain. The Council of Europe’s Committee on artificial intelligence (CAI) and the Complutense University of Madrid jointly organised the conference. Academic experts and members of the CAI Bureau shared theoretical and methodological insights on the convention’s key themes. Read more
Council of Europe
Spotlight Europol Concept Paper "Policing in an Online World" 
30 September 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2025
On 18 July 2025, Europol’s Innovation Lab published a concept paper on how the police can adapt to citizens' increasingly digital lives. It gives guidance on how police can be present wherever citizens are online, delivering safety and protection much like in the physical world. Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime Law Enforcement Cooperation Police Cooperation
Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Female Returnees: Legal Responses and Cumulative Prosecution 
30 September 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2025
A new report by the Genocide Prosecution Network, published in early September 2025, provides legal strategies and practical guidance for prosecuting foreign terrorist fighters and female returnees for terrorism-related offences and war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide ("core international crimes"). It emphasises that this approach ensures comprehensive accountability and justice for victims. Read more
EU Eurojust Terrorism Judicial Cooperation
Civil Society Calls for Halt to Deregulation Wave 
29 September 2025 (updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2025
In an open letter, 470 civil society organisations, trade unions and public interest groups call on the European Commission and the EU Member States to stop the policy of deregulation. According to the letter published on 9 September 2025, the EU's deregulation agenda risks … Read more
EU Legislation Digital Space Regulation
Commission Proposal on Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 
24 September 2025 (updated 3 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 16 July 2025, the European Commission presented its proposal for the multiannual financial framework from 2028 to 2034. It sets out sets spending limits for multi-year periods in order to ensure long-term planning security and budgetary discipline beyond the EU's annual budgets. This news item sets out the main features of the proposal and summarises the debate in the run-up of the proposal. Read more
EU Commission Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight 36th Annual PIF Report 
24 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 25 July 2025, the European Commission released the 36th Annual Report on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests and the fight against fraud – 2024. A focus of this year's report is on the digitalisation of the fight against fraud. Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight Anti-fraud Architecture Review Launched 
24 September 2025 (updated 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 16 July 2025, the European Commission published a White Paper that launches the review of the EU's anti-fraud architecture (AFA). It sets out preliminary orientations and several key questions that are designed to initiate a broader reflection on the future AFA. This includes improvements of detecting EU fraud and better investigation/prosecution capabilities. Read more
EU OLAF Europol Eurojust European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
Annual Tobacco Conference in Helsinki 
24 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
From 16-18 September 2025, representatives from customs authorities and other stakeholders met in Helsinki for the 28th edition of the Tobacco Conference. Organised by OLAF in cooperation with the Finnish Customs, over 100 participants discussed persistent and evolving challenges in relation to tobacco smuggling … Read more
EU OLAF Counterfeiting & Piracy Protection of Financial Interests
ECJ: Judicial Review under National Law Does Not Hinder Issuance of EIO by Administrative Authority 
23 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
According to the ECJ's ruling of 10 July 2025 in WBS GmbH, an administrative authority that investigates crimes can be treated as "issuing authority" within the meaning of the EIO Directive, even if certain investigative measures sought (involving an interference with the fundamental rights of the person concerned) must, in accordance with national law, first be authorised by a judicial authority. Read more
EU European Investigation Order Judicial Cooperation
The OLAF Report 2024 
23 September 2025 (updated 3 months, 1 week ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 16 June 2025, OLAF presented its annual activity report. In 2024, OLAF recommended the recovery of €871.5 million to the EU budget and prevented €43.5 million from being unduly spent from the EU budget. The Office concluded 246 cases and issued 301 recommendations for follow-up to the relevant national and EU authorities. Read more
EU OLAF Protection of Financial Interests
FRA Opens Liaison Office in Brussels 
22 September 2025
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 3/2025
In late August 2025, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) opened a new liaison office in Brussels to strengthen its dialogue and exchange with key stakeholders.The office will act as a hub for stakeholder engagement, with the following aims:Build closer relationships … Read more
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
AG: Domestic Enforcement in the Event of Refusal to Surrender on Grounds of Fundamental Rights 
22 September 2025 (updated 3 months, 3 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
According to an opinion by AG Rantos, published on 10 July 2025, an EU Member State, which refuses to execute a European Arrest Warrant on the grounds that there is a risk of violation of the fundamental rights of the persons concerned in the issuing Member State, is obliged to order the enforcement of the sentence on its own territory. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights European Arrest Warrant Taking Account of Convictions Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Commission Roadmap on Access to Data for Law Enforcement Purposes 
22 September 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2025
On 24 June 2025, the European Commission presented a Communication that sets out the "Roadmap for lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement". It provides for key actions in six key areas, including data retention, lawful interception and AI solutions for law enforcement. Read more
EU Digital Space Regulation Commission Europol Eurojust Law Enforcement Cooperation