Ministers struggle to agree on five-year plan for justice

Malmström seeks changes to EU asylum database

Proposal is the last element in the EU's common asylum system to be put forward by the Commission.

An international take on the law

Two decades, four roles and the Bosnian war brought lawyer Anna Reece to Brussels as a director of a global public-affairs firm.

Reding: interior ministers are the biggest threat

Greatest obstacle to winning approval for revised rules on data protection would be opposition from national ministers.

Independence of Hungary's judiciary 'under threat'

Council of Europe report says Hungarian reforms has resulted in a concentration of power and pose risk to the right of free trial.

Commission sets sights on organised crime

Proposed legislation would make it easier to confiscate profits from serious criminal activity.