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On 2 April 2025, the plenary of the European Parliament (EP) adopted the Parliament's guidelines for the 2026 EU budget. The guidelines are designed to set out the EP's expectations towards the Commission when drafting its budget proposal (expected in June 2025). MEPs wish …

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) believes that simplified import customs procedures in the EU are vulnerable to VAT fraud. This is the main conclusion of a special report published on 24 March 2025.

The Commission still cannot be certain that EU countries have effective systems to ensure that the EU’s €650 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) complies with public procurement and state aid rules. This is the main message of a new ECA report published on 10 March 2025.

On 31 January 2025, Europol and Eurojust published a new edition of their joint report on the common challenges that law enforcement and the judiciary face in the fight against cybercrime.

At the end of February 2025, a global operation against the sexual exploitation of children led to 25 arrests. "Operation Cumberland”, conducted by 19 countries and supported by Europol, is one of the first cases involving artificially generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). …

On 29 January 2025, the European AI Forum (EAIF), the AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA), and EIT Digital issued a joint statement addressing recent advances by the United States and China in artificial intelligence initiatives. The statement underscores the need for the European Union …

By Decision 2025/369, the European Commission expanded the role of the independent Chief Risk Officer, with an oversight over all of the Union's financial operations, including borrowing, debt and liquidity management, lending operations and budgetary guarantees, as well as assets under management.

The ECA Summer School 2025 is a training event for auditors and civil servants, focusing on EU budgetary policy and the impact of global trends on public auditing. It combines expert seminars, academic exchange, and networking, held from 3–5 June 2025 at Aalto University in Finland.

This online summer course introduces legal practitioners to practical aspects of European criminal justice.