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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 protection of the EU’s financial interests, on the EU’s internal security policy, and on criminal law. It covers the period from November 2025 to February 2026 and follows up the overview in eucrim 2/2025, 114-118.

This overview continues regular reports in eucrim on the current developments in the implementation of the Digital Markets Act, the EU's legislative framework to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector regulating gatekeepers.

On 3 December 2025, the Council of Europe opened the Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law (CETS No. 228) for signature, marking a significant step in the development of international legal tools to address environmental crime. The new convention seeks to strengthen criminal justice responses to serious environmental harm and promote closer cooperation between states in the investigation and prosecution of such offences.

On 20 January 2026, the European Commission presented a new cybersecurity package aimed at strengthening the European Union’s resilience against cyber threats. The initiative included a proposal for a revised Cybersecurity Act that would repeal and replace Regulation (EU) 2019/881 and significantly expand the EU’s cybersecurity governance framework.

In its judgment in Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the ECJ clarified which information obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) apply when personal data are collected through body cameras worn by ticket inspectors.

This news item continues the reporting on the latest DSA developments by giving a chronological overview. It covers the period from November 2025 to February 2026. For overviews of previous developments → related links.

At the end of November 2025, the European Commission launched a dedicated whistleblower tool to support the enforcement of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The secure reporting channel was set up within the European AI Office, the Commission’s centre of expertise for AI governance, and …

On 20 November 2025., the European Commission presented its Digital Justice Package 2030, setting out a roadmap to modernise and digitalise justice systems across the EU. The initiative aims to accelerate the use of digital tools and artificial intelligence in national courts and in judicial cooperation.

On 4 December 2026, the Commission presented a new EU Drugs Strategy and an Action Plan against drug trafficking, as well as updated rules for monitoring and controlling drug precursors. The initiatives form part of the ProtectEU – European Internal Security Strategy and set out a comprehensive response to the security, health, social, and environmental challenges linked to illicit drugs.

On 26 November 2025, the European Parliament and the Council finally adopted a new Regulation laying down additional procedural rules on the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Regulation (Regulation 2026/2518) was published in the Official Journal L, 2025/2518 of 12.12.2025. …