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At the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting on 9/10 June 2022, Ministers discussed several issues on how the EU needs to react to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.A discussion paper by the French Council Presidency summarised the judicial responses to …

This news item continues the overview in previous eucrim issues of the recent rule-of-law developments in Hungary as far as they relate to European law.

This news item continues the overview of recent rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they relate to European law) since the last update in eucrim 1-2022, 5-7.

This news item provides an overview of the recent EU actions with regard to sanctioning Russia's war in Ukraine. It outlines targeted sanctions against individuals, economic sanctions and bans on broadcasting companies.

In his opinion delivered on 7 July 2022, Advocate General (AG) Emiliou clarified the obligations placed upon the competent authorities of the Member States in circumstances where an alert has been entered in the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) for the seizure of an object or its use as evidence in criminal proceedings, when that alert is no longer considered relevant.

On 29 June 2022, the Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force took stock of its successes during the first 100 days in operation. Accordingly, it managed to block or freeze more than $30 billion worth of sanctioned Russians' assets, and immobilised around $300 billion worth of Russian Central Bank assets.

On 16 June 2022 a strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation was published with 34 signatories, such as platforms, tech companies and civil society who followed the 2021 Commission Guidance. The strengthened Code took into account the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 crisis and Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

A new Council recommendation sets out a series of standards for operational cooperation between police officers operating in another Member State or participating in joint operations, e.g., cross-border hot pursuits and surveillance, and patrols.

In a resolution of 19 May 2022, the EP welcomed the Commission’s second annual Rule of Law Report but also pointed out that the Commission still did not fully address its critique of the first report published in 2020. MEPs proposed setting up a “rule of law index”, based on a quantitative assessment of each country’s performance by independent experts.

On 9 June 2022, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution calling on the European Council to set up a Convention to revise the EU Treaties as foreseen in Art. 48 TEU as part of the ordinary revision procedure. The reactions by the Heads of State or Government and the European Commission remain more reticent.