When the European Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová, arrived at the Justice Ministers’ meeting on Thursday 12 October in Luxembourg, she declared that this was “an historic day for the EU and its taxpayers”. The meeting included the adoption of the regulation setting up the European Prosecutor’s Office. This new body will be in charge of tackling fraud against European funds and VAT in its cross-border dimensions and is expected to be operational by 2020.
Although only 20...