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On 26 March 2025, the European Chief Prosecutor informed the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and the European Commission that the EPPO College decided to open an administrative inquiry into potential misconduct by the Bulgarian European Prosecutor within the scope of an ongoing …

In an opinion, delivered on 8 May 2025, Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona proposed that the European Data Protection Supervisor should have the right to action against amendments to the Europol Regulation concerning the processing of personal data by Europol.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement, the Council adopted a joint declaration on 12 June 2025. In it, it reaffirmed its commitment to investing in a common Schengen area as a single travel area without internal border controls and to ensuring sound management of external borders, more effective action against illegal migration and a high level of internal security.

On 14 May 2025, the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) voted against the European Parliaments's participation in the interinstitutional ethics body. MEPs argued that argued that the body “would violate the presumption of innocence and publicly stigmatize politicians".

In its review "Performance-orientation, accountability and transparency – lessons to be learned from the weaknesses of the RRF", issued on 6 May 2025, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) takes another critical look at the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

In a resolution of 18 June 2025 on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the European Parliament (EP) pointed out benefits and shortcomings of this EU financing instrument designed to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution deals with the …

In its Communication "NextGenerationEU - The road to 2026", the European Commission takes stock of the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and provides guidance to the EU Member States to ensure the Facility's successful closure in 2026. The RRF is the …

In its review "The Future of EU Cohesion Policy: Drawing lessons from the past", the European Court of Auditors (ECA) makes several proposal on how the EU's post-2027 budget on cohesion can be better designed, implemented, managed and overseen.

In an opinion of 6 May 2025, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) highlighted risks arising from proposed changes to the 2021-2027 cohesion policy framework. The opinion concerns two legislative proposals put forward by the Commission on 1 April 2025 in connection with its …

The European Commission opened infringement procedures against 18 EU Member States for failing to notify measures fully transposing the Directive on the criminalisation of the violation of Union restrictive measures (Directive (EU) 2024/1226). The Directive lays down EU-wide minimum rules for the prosecution …