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Next to Poland and Hungary, Romania has become the subject of increased rule-of-law scrutiny by EU institutions. The main recent developments are:23 September 2020: Romania is likely to be defeated in the judicial reform dispute. Advocate General Bobek concludes that the interim appointment of …

The following continues the overview in recent eucrim issues regarding the clash between the EU and Hungary on maintenance of the rule of law (eucrim 2/2020, 69 and eucrim 1/2020, 4).12 August 2020: Following up their ad hoc analysis of 27 May …

This news item continues the overview provided in previous eucrim issues (eucrim 2/2020, 68 and eucrim 1/2020, 2) on the struggle between the EU and Poland as regards maintenance of the rule of law.August 2020: The Civil Development Forum (FOR) publishes the …

On 10 November 2020, MEPs in the LIBE Committee discussed the Commission’s first Rule of Law report (separate news item) together with Didier Reynders, Justice Commissioner, and Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe as representative of the German Council Presidency. In …

On 7 October 2020, a large majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Resolution on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights. The Resolution was adopted with 521 to 152 votes and 21 abstentions. The EP …

On the basis of the Commission’s first Rule of Law Report of 30 September 2020, the General Affairs Council (GAC) launched the annual “Rule of Law Dialogue” at its meeting on 13 October 2020. Following the concept outlined in the Commission’s report, the German Council …

On 30 September 2020, the Commission presented its first Rule of Law Report. The report aims to highlight the most important – positive and negative – developments within the EU and in the individual Member States.

On 22 October 2020, representatives of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission met online with their counterparts from the Western Balkans to discuss their cooperation in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA).More efficient migration management …

Europol’s training game SIRIUS, which has been offering law enforcement training in the field of online investigations since 2017 ( àeucrim news dated 17 February 2020), now also takes the user through an immersive scenario to learn how to request data from online …

On 1 September 2020, the EDPS issued orientations on the use of body temperature checks by Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies (EUIs) in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. In its orientations, the EDPS defines basic body temperature checks conducted outside of the scope …