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On 26 November 2025, the Council reached a long-delayed position on the draft regulation to prevent and combat online child sexual abuse (CSA), signalling renewed momentum in a legislative process that had been stalled for years over privacy, encryption, and surveillance concerns.

On 28 October 2025, the World Justice Project released its latest Rule of Law Index 2025, warning that the global erosion of rule-of-law standards had deepened significantly over the past year. Also EU countries traditionally perceived as stable recorded worrisome declines, according to the Index.

On 2 October 2025, the ECJ held that EU law precludes national compensation schemes for victims of violent intentional crimes that, as a matter of principle, exclude compensation for pain and suffering.

According to AG Medina, compliance with the right to the protection of personal data does not require prior authorisation by a judicial authority in competition investigations provided that the seizure is subject to adequate and effective procedural safeguards.

On 3 October 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution 2628 (2025) on the use of artificial intelligence in migration, asylum, and border management. While acknowledging that AI can improve efficiency, search and rescue operations, and access to information for migrants …

On 17 September 2025, the European Tax Adviser Federation (ETAF) submitted comments to the European Commission ahead of the 2026 evaluation of the Whistleblower Protection Directive, calling for clearer terminology and reduced administrative burdens.The Directive establishes minimum EU-wide protections for individuals reporting breaches of …

On 2 October 2025, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) published a Guide on the Use of Generative AI by Lawyers. It aims to raise awareness regarding the use of generative AI (GenAI) in legal practice and to highlight the …

On occasion of the presentation of the 2025 Rule of Law Report (→ eucrim 2/2025, 107-108) on 23 September 2025, MEPs from the LIBE Committee and the EU Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath discussed ways to strengthen the conditionality in the next multiannual financial …

On 5 December 2025, the European Commission imposed a €120 million fine on X after concluding that the platform had breached several transparency duties under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This is the first non-compliance decision adopted since the DSA entered into force. The Commission determined that X had violated three core obligations.

On 19 November 2025, the General Court (GC) delivered its judgment in Amazon EU Sàrl v Commission (T-367/23), dismissing Amazon’s challenge to its designation as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA).