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On 9 December 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role on research and innovation. Against the …

At the end of December 2020, Europol launched a new decryption platform. The initiative is available to the national law enforcement authorities of all EU Member States to send lawfully obtained evidence to Europol for decryption. The platform, which was developed in cooperation with …

On 21 December 2020, the Court of Justice followed its obligation to monitor implementation of the reform it started in 2016 and sent two reports to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission. The reports assess the effects of measures taken to increase the …

On 2 December 2020, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy put forward a joint proposal for a new EU-US Transatlantic Agenda. The Agenda sets out guiding principles of cooperation for a transatlantic partnership.The first …

On 9 December 2020, the European Commission published a Communication on the Counter-Terrorism Agenda of the EU. It sets out a four-pillar strategy to anticipate, prevent, protect, and respond to terrorist threats.(1) Anticipation of terrorist threatsThe strategy underlines the importance of the …

On Friday 19 February, FRA will present and discuss the results of the first-ever EU-wide survey on crime victimisation. It promises key insights that will guide policy-makers in shaping their victim support measures.

Alongside conclusions on internal security ( → separate news item under “Security Union”), the Council adopted conclusions on 14 December 2020 pointing the ways towards enhancing cross-border law enforcement/police cooperation.

The CJEU ruled that the German public prosecutor's offices may issue European Investigation Orders (EIOs) despite being contingent upon individual instructions from the executive. In the context of the EIO Directive the situation is different as to the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant, the CJEU argued.

Backing two constitutional complaints, the German Federal Constitutional Court reproached two courts for not having adequately applied the CJEU's test in Arranyosi & Căldăraru regarding insufficient detention conditions in Romania. The decision is remarkable because the FCC accepts for the first time in relation to European criminal law that the fundamental rights of the German constitution are not the yardstick for examination but instead the fundamental rights of the CFR.