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On 4 May 2023, the Council adopted conclusions on corruption as an obstacle to development. The conclusions emphasise the increased urgency of adopting a whole-of-government approach to combatting corruption in context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the illegal war of Russia against Ukraine. In particular, …

EU law does not preclude a person from being prohibited from all elective public office for three years if he / she has infringed the rules relating to conflicts of interest by holding such office. This statement was made by the ECJ in its judgement …

The new law on collaboration platform to support the functioning of joint investigation teams was passed and published in the Official Journal of the EU in May 2023. facilitate and improve the day-to-day coordination and management of joint investigation teams (JITs).

With its Grand Chamber judgment of 14 February 2023 in the case Halet v. Luxembourg (application no. 21884/18), the ECtHR put an end to the long-lasting legal battle between one of the whistleblowers who triggered the LuxLeaks scandal and the state of Luxembourg. While previous judgments denied the defence of whistle-blower status according to Art. 10 ECHR (freedom of expression), the ECtHR’s Grand Chamber decided in the opposite and found a violation of Art. 10 ECHR.