Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000795/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
José Cepeda (S&D)
In a context of increasing digitalisation, cybercrime constitutes a serious and transnational threat requiring effective judicial cooperation between Member States. Given my role as a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and as a result of my contacts with magistrates and judges, I have been made aware of the need to improve judicial cooperation in the field of digital, cyber, and computer-related offences. Judges in the EU need to have a common legal basis on which to work together and improve cooperation on cybercrime.
The Budapest Convention[1], a voluntary framework for international cooperation, is the only instrument currently available to the EU to combat this type of crime, although not all Member States are included (Ireland has not ratified the Convention).
In light of the above:
- 1.What measures does the Commission intend to take to strengthen judicial cooperation in the fight against cybercrime, in particular with regard to speeding up cross-border access to electronic evidence?
- 2.Does the Commission consider it necessary to propose new legislation in order to deal with new forms of cybercrime?
Submitted: 20.2.2025
- [1] https://www.coe.int/en/web/cybercrime/home