Judiciary

UK judge sounds alarm on AI misuse in courts
The warning comes after so-called hallucinations — AI-generated fictions — have cropped up at big law firms.

Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans’ social media posts

Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions

EU lawmakers probe rule of law in Meloni’s Italy

Catalonia reignites its court fight with Spain over spyware

Hungary to quit International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives

Macron weighs in on Le Pen verdict for first time: ‘The law is the same for everyone’
Le Pen judge placed under police protection after receiving ‘personal threats’
Le Pen said the judge had made a “political decision” and violated the law.
Meloni joins cacophony of outrage against Le Pen guilty verdict
“I think that no one who cares about democracy can rejoice in a sentence that affects the leader of a large party and takes away representation from millions of citizens,” says Italian PM.
Marine Le Pen’s allies in Russia and Hungary lash out at guilty verdict
French court ruling blocks far-right figurehead from 2027 presidential run, stoking conservative outrage around Europe.
The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s next government says
Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.
Erdoğan’s jailed rival says his lawyer has now been arrested
“The evil that a handful of incompetent people are inflicting on our country is growing,” says Ekrem İmamoğlu.
Turkey lurches toward outright autocracy as Erdoğan’s main rival is jailed
Popular opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu calls for mass protests as he is thrown in jail and booted out as Istanbul mayor.
Erdoğan’s main rival arrested in major clampdown on Turkish opposition
Arrested mayor of Istanbul accuses authorities of blow “against the will of the people.”
Court gives Georgia’s ex-President Saakashvili 12 years in prison
Former leader says the ruling is “shameful.”
Italy’s release of a warlord puts Meloni’s entanglements with Libya under scrutiny
“Il caso Al-Masri” raises serious questions over Rome’s dealings with Libya.
Who’s in Elon’s ear — and DMs
Musk’s most trusted advisers remain a tight-knit group of executives who have followed him from his companies but lack political experience.
Belgian satirist who wanted to ‘ram’ knife down Jews’ throats not guilty of antisemitism
“Polemical” writing style of Herman Brusselmans does not constitute criminal conduct, court rules, in verdict condemned by Jewish groups.
EU sends more troops to Bosnia as Russia defends Serb leader
Moscow supported Milorad Dodik after he banned the judiciary and security forces in Serb-majority regions following his conviction, sparking sharp condemnation from the U.S. and the EU.
Italy must compensate stranded migrants, high court rules
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni calls decision involving the coast guard ship Diciotti “highly questionable” and “very frustrating.”
2 MEPs suspended from Socialist group over Qatargate probe
Both lawmakers will have their legal immunity revoked by Belgian prosecutors for further investigation, if the European Parliament approves.
Bosnia tensions build as Serb leader is sentenced for undermining peace
Milorad Dodik’s decades-long disruptive reign in Bosnia may be over as a top court bans him from politics and sentences him to prison.
Spain’s disgraced football chief Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexual assault
Rubiales was fined €10,800, but the court gave him no jail time.
EU chiefs chastise Trump for sanctioning the ICC
In a first jab at the White House, Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa said the U.S. president’s move to target the International Criminal Court undermines global justice.
Britain’s handover of the Chagos Islands is pleasing nobody
Labour’s decision to grant the geopolitical archipelago to Mauritius has sparked criticism from all sides.
EU court upholds €320M fine against Poland for violating rule of law
Fine related to controversial Polish judicial reforms by previously ruling PiS party.
US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law
“We write to express our serious concerns,” U.S. House judiciary chair tells Virkkunen.
Ex-Polish justice minister ducks police, avoids Pegasus probe
Zbigniew Ziobro evaded officers and spoke of “political theatrics.”
Leaked memo reveals alarming German warnings over Trump
Trump’s second term will bring a “maximum concentration of power with the president,” Germany’s ambassador to the U.S. warns in confidential document obtained by Reuters.