On Tuesday 7 February, the Council of the EU officially took note of the member states’ inability to reach the required unanimity on the dossier of the European Prosecutor’s Office and has therefore launched the first step of the so-called enhanced cooperation procedure. This will first of all go through the European Council.
In a press release, the Council explained that the observation made “allows a group of at least nine member states to send a text back for discussion at the...