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Dear Readers, Security is among Europeans’ key concerns in 2015.1 Even though ensuring internal security lies primarily with the Member States, the new and more complex threats that have emerged require further synergies at all levels. The European Agenda on Security presented by the Commission on 28 April 2015 highlights the EU’s added value to Member States’ actions. It underlines that the EU needs a solid criminal justice response to terrorism, covering investigation and prosecution of those who plan terrorist acts or are suspected of recruitment, training, and financing of terrorism as well as incitement to commit a terrorist offence.…

On 27 June 2025, Frontex and Poland's Ministry of the Interior signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new training centre for future European border guards. To allow for proximity to Frontex's headquarters, which Poland has hosted in Warsaw for 20 years, the new …

On 20 May 2025, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released an updated version of its online criminal detention database. Originally launched in 2019, the database provides information about detention conditions in EU countries.

At its meeting on 13 June 2025, the Council identified seven EU crime priorities for the EMPACT cycle 2026-2029. EMPACT stands for the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats. It introduces an integrated approach to EU internal security.

The Kingdom of Denmark assumed the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2025. Under the slogan “A Strong Europe in a changing world!”, the programme of the Danish Presidency has two overarching priorities: a secure Europe and a competitive and green Europe.

Dear Readers, Over two decades have passed since the EU’s first attempt to harmonise procedural rights in criminal proceedings across the bloc. The 2009 Roadmap, adopted under the Swedish Council Presidency, led to six key directives: on interpretation and translation, information rights, access to a lawyer, presumption of innocence and the right to be present at trial, safeguards for children, and legal aid. Two recommendations followed, addressing vulnerable persons and pre-trial detention conditions. Yet, despite these advances, the EU still lacks a coherent and equal system of procedural rights. While the existing instruments might give the impression of a developing…

On 9 July 2025, approximately nine months after jurisdiction to rule on references for a preliminary ruling was conferred on it, the General Court of the European Union delivered its first preliminary ruling judgment. The case concerned the recovery of excise duties and the compatibility of Croatian law with an EC Directive.