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MEPs Block Interinstitutional Ethics Body
On 14 May 2025, the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) voted against the European Parliaments's participation in the interinstitutional ethics body. MEPs argued that argued that the body “would violate the presumption of innocence and publicly stigmatize politicians". Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
European Parliament
Corruption
Spotlight ECA Summarises its Criticism of Recovery and Resilience Facility
In its review "Performance-orientation, accountability and transparency – lessons to be learned from the weaknesses of the RRF", issued on 6 May 2025, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) takes another critical look at the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
First EPPO Verdict in Dutch Court
In May 2025, the first verdict by a Dutch court was handed down in a case that was investigated and prosecuted by the EPPO in Rotterdam. The case concerned cross-border VAT carousel fraud related to trade with consumer electronics, causing an estimated damage of over … Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
AG: EDPS Has Right to Act against Europol Regulation Amendments
In an opinion, delivered on 8 May 2025, Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona proposed that the European Data Protection Supervisor should have the right to action against amendments to the Europol Regulation concerning the processing of personal data by Europol. Read more
EU
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Europol
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
Spotlight First Monitoring Report of MEDICRIME Convention
On 2 April 2025, the first monitoring report on the implementation of the Council of Europe MEDICRIME Convention was released. The monitoring round has focused on the protection of public health through the MEDICRIME Convention in times of pandemics, including the COVID-19 crisis. The report identified measures in eight thematic areas, including prevention and training as well as investigations and prosecutions of the offences set up in the Convention. Read more
Council of Europe
Counterfeiting & Piracy
EDPS Annual Report 2024
On 23 April 2025, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) presented its Annual Report 2024, which reviews activities over the year organised under the headings of supervision and enforcement, policy and consultation, technology and privacy, and artificial intelligence. Read more
EU
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
Data Protection
ECJ: VAT Fraudster Must Be Surrendered to Spain
On 10 April 2025, the ECJ ruled in Case C-481/23 (Sangas) that the execution of a European arrest warrant (EAW) cannot be refused if it is intended solely to ensure that the requested person is present at resumed criminal proceedings in the issuing State, nor if there is no jurisdiction for the acts constituting the offence under the criminal law of the executing State. Read more
EU
European Arrest Warrant
ECJ: Surrender to UK Can Be Done Despite Hardening of Conditions for Release
On 3 April 2025, the ECJ ruled in Case C-743/24 (Alchaster II) that a hardening of the conditions for release on licence from custody against a requested person does not, in principle, preclude surrender of that person from an EU country to the UK. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Judicial Cooperation
Civil Rights Organisations Criticise Predictive Policing Projects
In April 2025, civil liberties, human rights and justice organisations and experts voiced their concerns over the development of the use of predictive policing systems by national police forces and the concerning development of AI-supported automated police decision-making systems. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Digital Space Regulation
Police Cooperation
ECJ Ruled on the Rights of Vulnerable Persons in Criminal Proceedings
On 8 May 2025, the ECJ handed down a ruling on the scope of the rights of access to a lawyer and a vulnerable person's right to legal aid in line with Directive 2013/48 and Directive 2016/1919 (Case C-530/23, Barało). Read more
EU
Procedural Safeguards
ECJ Topples Malta's Golden Passport Scheme
On 29 April 2025, the ECJ toppled the Maltese programme that granted citizenship in turn of financial investments to the country. The top EU court considered this programme incompatible with fundamental EU values. Read more
EU
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Corruption
Money Laundering
DAC9: New Rules on Minimum Effective Corporate Taxation
On 14 April 2025, the Council adopted a new Directive that will facilitate filings of top-up tax information return by multinational enterprise groups. Read more
EU
Legislation
Tax Evasion
ECA Opinion on Amendments in Cohesion Policy
In an opinion of 6 May 2025, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) highlighted risks arising from proposed changes to the 2021-2027 cohesion policy framework. The opinion concerns two legislative proposals put forward by the Commission on 1 April 2025 in connection with its … Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
CJEU Rulings on EU's Restrictive Measures against Russia (January - April 2025)
This news item summarises rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), i.e. General Court (GC) and Court of Justice (ECJ), taken in the period between January 2025 and April 2025 in relation to EU sanctions against Russia in response to its war in Ukraine. Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Ukraine conflict
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
New Legislation: VAT in the Digital Age
On 25 March 2025, several legislative acts were published that modernise, simplify and strengthen the VAT system through digitalisation, while also combating VAT fraud and avoidance. Read more
EU
Legislation
Council
Tax Evasion
EU Reactions to Russian War against Ukraine: Overview End of January 2025 – April 2025
This news item continues the reporting on key EU/CoE reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022: the impact on the EU’s internal security policy, on criminal law, and on the protection of the EU’s financial interests. It covers the period from the end of January to the end of April 2025. Read more
EU
Ukraine conflict