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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.

On 29/30 April 2022, the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe adopted 49 proposals on a wide range of EU topics and more than 300 measures on how to achieve them. The Conference on the Future of Europe is a bottom-up exercise …

On 9 June 2022, the Council passed a new Regulation that establishes an evaluation and monitoring mechanisms for the purpose of ensuring that participating Member States apply the Schengen acquis effectively, efficiently and correctly.

On 27 April 2022, the European Commission officially triggered the so-called conditionality mechanism against Hungary. Based on Regulation 2020/2092, the mechanism allows the EU to cut off an EU Member State from receiving EU money if it breaches principles of the rule of law.

On 29 March 2022, the Commission published a recommendation for a Council decision authorising the Commission to start negotiations on a UN Convention on Cybercrime on behalf of the EU (cf. Art. 218(3) TFEU). According to the Commission, this is to ensure the appropriate participation …

The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) was opened for signature on 12 May 2022. It includes the possibility for direct cooperation of authorities with providers based in another State Party in order to receive domain registration and subscriber data. The EU Council gave green light for Member States to sign the protocol at the ceremony of 12 May.