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At the Council meeting of 6-7 December 2018, the JHA ministers of the EU Member States reiterated their support for EU-wide legislation on data retention. They encouraged the continuation of work at the expert level to develop a new concept after the 2006 "date retention Directive" was declared void by the CJEU in 2014.

The European Union has a new legal framework for the protection of personal data processed by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. The underlying Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 repeals Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC which date back to the pre-Lisbon era and did not cover the processing of personal data within all Union institutions and bodies.

With the aim of responding better to its strategic priorities, FRA started working in a new configuration on 16 November 2018. The agency created a new Institutional Cooperation and Networks Unit as well as a new Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Unit next to the …

At the beginning of December 2018, FRA published a new online tool to assist Member States, policymakers, and stakeholders when confronted with anti-Muslim hatred.

In December 2018, FRA published a paper looking at the evolution of the ECtHR’s case law relating to hate crime.

At its meeting of 6 December 2018, the JHA Council adopted its general approach to the proposed regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online. This proposal had been submitted by the European Commission on 12 September 2018, following a call by EU leaders in June. For the proposal, see eucrim 2/2018, pp. 97-98 and the article by G. Robinson.

On 12 December 2018, MEPs adopted a resolution that contains over 225 recommendations for tackling the threat of terrorism.

Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) organised a European Youth Day for the first time, which took place on 20 November 2018. Under the slogan “Digital Rights of Youth against Violence,” approx. 100 youths between 12 and 15 years of age gathered at Europol to discuss …

On 20 November 2018, Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) organised a joint Referral Action Day together with national referral units from seven Member States and third parties, targeting online material linked to terrorist activities. This time, 7393 items were assessed and referred to …

At its meeting of 4 December 2018, the ECOFIN Council adopted conclusions on an Anti-Money Laundering Action Plan. The ministers welcomed the progress made in preventing and combating money laundering in recent years, but call for further improvements, in particular as regards the (cross-border) exchange of information and collaboration between prudential and anti-money laundering supervisory authorities.