ING bank probed for role in Didier Reynders money laundering case The former EU Justice Commissioner came under investigation in December 2024. Euronews · Aug 20, 2025
Belgian authorities open fraud probe into former EU justice chief days after his mandate ended Belgian authorities say they have opened a fraud investigation into the former European Union justice chief, just days after his mandate ended The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024
Hungary Gets Damning EU Rule-of-law Assessment Hungary falls well short of EU democratic standards, notably on corruption, bribery, political funding, conflicts of interest and lack of media independence, according to a European Commission evaluation published Thursday. International Business Times · Jul 24, 2024
EU told Slovakia that its reforms risked ‘irreparable damage’ to rule of law Warnings about legislation scrapping anti-corruption office and lowering penalties were ignored The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2024
U.S., European Consumer Watchdogs Start Talks on Digitization Issues in Financial Sector Pricing, customer service, competition and privacy to be scrutinized. Kiplinger · Jul 19, 2023
Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023
US, EU criticize Polish plans for law that could keep opposition from holding office The United States and the European Union’s top justice official are criticizing Polish plans for a law that could keep political opponents from holding public office without full legal recourse The Independent UK · May 30, 2023
Broad backing needed for new tribunal to prosecute Russia over Ukraine - EU justice official Any new tribunal to judge Russia's invasion of Ukraine must have enough international backing to credibly prosecute the highest political and military leaders in Moscow, the European Union's top justice official said. Reuters · Jan 18, 2023
TikTok boss meets European officials as scrutiny intensifies TikTok’s CEO has met with European Union officials about strict new digital regulations in the 27-nation bloc as the Chinese-owned social media app faces growing scrutiny from Western authorities over data privacy, cybersecurity and misinformation The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023
Musk: Twitter will relaunch premium service after initial issues Critics say changes to the social media platform under Elon Musk put Twitter at odds with European Union regulators. Al Jazeera · Nov 25, 2022
Musk plans to relaunch Twitter premium service, again Elon Musk says that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Twitter gives EU Justice Commissioner 'commitments' on moderation after job cuts "Hate speech and hate crime is increasing at an alarming rate in Europe" Dublin Live · Nov 24, 2022
EU Commission moves to ban Hungary's access to funds over corruption allegations The European Union's executive branch has proposed suspending €7.5 billion in financing for Hungary, as it awaits anti-corruption reforms from Budapest. Radio France Internationale · Sep 19, 2022
Exclusive: EU found evidence employee phones compromised with spyware -letter The European Union found evidence that smartphones used by some of its staff were compromised by an Israeli company's spy software, the bloc's top justice official said in a letter seen by Reuters. Reuters · Jul 27, 2022
Reuters · Jul 18, 2022 Threat of prosecution hangs 'forever' over Ukraine war crimes perpetrators - EU It may take years to hold perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine accountable, the European Union's top justice official told Reuters on Monday, but those responsible should know the threat of prosecution will hang over them "forever".
Reuters · Jul 12, 2022 EU has frozen 13.8 billion euros of Russian assets over Ukraine war, official says The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros ($13.83 billion) worth of assets held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for Moscow's war against Ukraine, the bloc's top justice official said on Tuesday.
Reuters · May 11, 2022 EU seeks to ease rules on seizing sanctioned oligarchs' assets The European Commission is preparing new rules that would make it easier for EU governments to confiscate assets of oligarchs and other wealthy individuals hit by sanctions because of their ties with the Kremlin, according to officials and documents.
France 24 · Feb 4, 2022 'Priority is de-escalation through diplomacy': EU Justice Commissioner on Ukraine crisis "Everything is on the table" regarding new EU sanctions on Russia - but "de-escalation through diplomacy" remains the bloc's priority in the Ukraine crisis. So says EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in an in-depth interview with FRANCE 24's Europe Editor Catherine Nicholson. The former Belgian foreign minister said the European…