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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.

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.

On 14 April 2025, the Council adopted a new Directive that will facilitate filings of top-up tax information return by multinational enterprise groups.

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.

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.

In a joint letter, lawyers called on EU legislators to adopt a narrow definition of the offence of "smuggling" in line with international standards and to include a mandatory and broad humanitarian exemption clause in the anti-smuggling Directive that is currently under negotiations.

This news item continues the reporting on the latest developments concerning the DSA in the form of a chronological overview. It covers the period from February to April 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.

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 …

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.