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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.

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.

On 1 April 2025, the European Commission presented a Communication entitled "ProtectEU: a European Internal Security Strategy". The Strategy outlines a comprehensive set of measures that are planned to be initiated and implemented in the current term of the Commission in order to strengthen the EU's internal security.

On 5 March 2025, the home affairs ministers of the EU Member States and counterparts of 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries adopted a joint declaration on internal security. They committed to addressing common internal security threats together, in particular as regards the fight against transnational serious and organised crime and illicit drug trafficking.

A study published at the beginning of February 2025 identified the weaknesses of capital gains taxation in the EU and calls for comprehensive reforms to combat tax avoidance.

In rulings handed down on 6 March 2025, the ECJ sanctioned five EU Member States for having transposed the Whistleblowers Directive too late or not yet at all.