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ECA: EU Money Granted to NGOs Still Not Transparent 
8 May 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
According to the European Court of Auditor's report no 11/2025, EU funding granted to NGOs remains opaque, in particular due to a lack of sufficient information and of adequate checks on NGOs' status and compliance with EU values. Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
2025 State of Schengen Report 
5 May 2025
Pingen Kopie Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2025
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission presented the 2025 State of Schengen Report, reviewing the functioning of the world’s largest area of free movement over the past year and outlining the priorities for the next year. The report comes ahead of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement. Read more
EU Schengen Commission
ECA: Simplified EU Customs Procedures Vulnerable to VAT Fraud 
5 May 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) believes that simplified import customs procedures in the EU are vulnerable to VAT fraud. This is the main conclusion of a special report published on 24 March 2025. Read more
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ECA: Weak Compliance with Public Procurement and State Aid Rules for Money Spent under the RRF 
5 May 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
The Commission still cannot be certain that EU countries have effective systems to ensure that the EU’s €650 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) complies with public procurement and state aid rules. This is the main message of a new ECA report published on 10 March 2025. Read more
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Denmark Blamed for Non-Implementation of GRECO Recommendations 
30 April 2025 (updated 4 weeks, 2 days ago)
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 7 April 2025, a high-level delegation of GRECO urged Danish officials to take measures in order to implement recommendations from GRECO's fourth and fifth round evaluation reports. GRECO particularly called on Denmark to fully implement GRECO’s recommendations to prevent corruption and strengthen integrity within … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
New In-Depth Analysis on the European Ecstasy Market 
30 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 27 March 2025, Europol and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) published their latest study on the European market for MDMA (ecstasy), covering aspects from production and trafficking to distribution and use. Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Smart Border Control Technologies: Results of METICOS Project 
30 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 25 April 2025, DG HOME shared information about the outcome of the METICOS project. It assessed the potential to provide border management organisations with evidence-based decision-making tools that balance security with traveller privacy. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Security Union Commission
CJEU: Judicial Statistics 2024 
29 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 21 March 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its judicial statistics for the year 2024. In total, 1,706 new cases were brought before and 1,785 cases were completed by the Court of Justice (ECJ) and the General Court. … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Partial Renewal of the Judges of the General Court 
29 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 26 March 2025, in view of the terms of twenty-six judges expiring on 31 August 2025, representatives of the governments of the EU Member States appointed thirteen judges to the General Court of the EU as part of a partial renewal.For the remainder … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Council Concluded EU-Canada PNR Agreement 
23 April 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 14 April 2025, the Council of the European Union concluded, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data. Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation Data Protection
Europol and Egypt Sign Working Arrangement 
23 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 9 April 2025, Europol and the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a Working Arrangement to enhance their cooperation in preventing and combating serious crime, including migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings, drug trafficking, and child sexual exploitation. The arrangement provides for a structured and … Read more
EU Europol
Eurojust and Egypt Sign Working Arrangement 
22 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
On 10 April 2025, Eurojust and the Public Prosecution Office of the Arab Republic of Egypt signed a Working Arrangement to enhance their cooperation in in the fight against serious organised crime. This is an EU-funded project implemented by Eurojust to strengthen strategic and operational … Read more
EU Eurojust
GC Strengthened Procedural Rghts in Disciplinary Proceedings against MEP 
8 April 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 12 March 2025, the General Court ruled that a person accused of harassment is entitled to disclosure of a summary of the statements of the various witnesses heard during the investigation procedure as well as to essential documents which formed the basis for the allegations. Therefore, sanctions for the conduct imposed by the EP's President had to be annulled. Read more
EU European Parliament Procedural Safeguards
EP Set Out its Priorities for 2026 Budget 
8 April 2025
2018-Max_Planck_Herr_Wahl_1355_black white_Zuschnitt.jpg Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 2 April 2025, the plenary of the European Parliament (EP) adopted the Parliament's guidelines for the 2026 EU budget. The guidelines are designed to set out the EP's expectations towards the Commission when drafting its budget proposal (expected in June 2025). MEPs wish … Read more
EU European Parliament Protection of Financial Interests
New Legal Framework for Commission's Chief Risk Officer 
8 April 2025
Riehle_Cornelia_Neu_SW.jpg Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2025
By Decision 2025/369, the European Commission expanded the role of the independent Chief Risk Officer, with an oversight over all of the Union's financial operations, including borrowing, debt and liquidity management, lending operations and budgetary guarantees, as well as assets under management. Read more
EU Commission Protection of Financial Interests