On March 28, 2022 Minister of Justice, Vincent Van Quickenborne, hosted a meeting of the "Vendôme Group", in which the French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Luxembourg Ministers of Justice participated. Also the EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, joined the meeting. This was the 9th meeting of the Vendôme Group, which held its first meeting on November 7th 2018 in Paris[1].
Whereas the first meetings of the Vendôme Group took place in the aftermath of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels and Berlin, today's meeting takes place against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. The ministers remain appalled by the continuing unprovoked military attack and ruthless aggression by Russia against a free and sovereign state and its civilians. The...
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