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3 December 2020: In the Opinion in Case C-650/18 on the European Parliament’s decision to initiate Article 7 TEU proceedings against Hungary, Advocate General Bobek advises the CJEU to dismiss the Hungarian application for annulment as unfounded. Hungary had challenged the Parliament’s vote on …

This news item continues an overview of recent developments on the rule-of-law situation in Poland as far as their relationship with European law is concerned (--> related links):1 December 2020: The oral hearing in infringement case C-791/19 against Poland takes place at the CJEU. …

In a resolution of 13 November 2020, the European Parliament assessed the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights. The EP makes three central demands:Emergency powers must be necessary, proportional, time-limited, and subject to democratic scrutiny;Bans …

The European Parliament expressed a number of concerns in its report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU for the years2018-2019. The underlying EP resolution of 26 November 2020 was adopted with 330 votes in favour of it, 298 against it, and …

On 28 August 2020, MONEYVAL published its second enhanced follow-up report on the efforts of Ukraine to improve its AML/CFT measures based on the fifth round evaluation report adopted in December 2017 (à eucrim 1/2018, 40-41). MONEYVAL upgraded the Ukraine to “largely compliant” regarding …

In October 2020, a taskforce of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) published a report on "Cross-border data access in criminal proceedings and the future of digital justice". The report contributes to the current discussion on …

In a joint letter of 14 September 2020, a coalition of 25 organisations calls on the members of the EP’s LIBE Committee to ensure that forthcoming legislation on e-evidence contains procedural safeguards for journalists, doctors, lawyers, social workers, etc. The signatories, which include professional …

At a videoconference on 9 October 2020, the German Council Presidency informed the justice ministers of the state of play regarding the e-evidence legislative proposals, submitted by the Commission in April 2018 ( → eucrim 1/2018, 35-36). The proposals – one for a …

On 3 September 2020, MEP Javier Zarzalejos (EPP, ES), member of the LIBE Committee, presented the first draft of a resolution by the EP on the implementation of the European Arrest Warrant. According to Zarzalejos, the EAW system is a success, and the limited …

In October 2020, the Commission initiated an infringement procedure against Ireland for not complying with the FD EAW. The Commission believes that Ireland has failed to comply with the mandatory time limits for executing EAWs. In addition, the Commission criticises that Ireland introduced additional grounds …