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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 …

Der EU-Strafrechtstag 2025 beinhaltet wieder spannende Themen im Bereich des Europäischen Strafrechts. Anwälte können für ihre Teilnahme Fortbildungsstunden bescheinigen lassen.

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 …

On 21 July 2025, D EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Magnus Brunner and Danish Minister for Justice, Peter Hummelgaard, who represented the Danish Council Presidency, took stock of the first year of the European Ports Alliance Public-Private Partnership. The initiative was launched in January …

On 16 July 2025, the European Commission presented its proposal for the multiannual financial framework from 2028 to 2034. It sets out sets spending limits for multi-year periods in order to ensure long-term planning security and budgetary discipline beyond the EU's annual budgets. This news item sets out the main features of the proposal and summarises the debate in the run-up of the proposal.