01/09/2026
**EPPO AND THE PROTECTION OF EU FINANCIAL INTERESTS**
*Challenges, Cooperation, and the Road Ahead*
📅 **17–18 September 2026**
📍 **Europa Experience – David Sassoli, Piazza Venezia 6c, Rome**
How effective is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in protecting the EU’s financial interests? What are the main challenges facing cross-border investigations? And how can cooperation between European and national authorities be strengthened?
On 17–18 September, Fondazione Basso hosts an international conference bringing together judges, prosecutors, European and national institutional representatives, academics and experts to discuss the present and future of the EPPO.
The conference will address the implementation of the PIF Directive, institutional cooperation, transnational investigations and the future development of the EPPO.
🎧 Working languages: Italian and English, with simultaneous interpretation.
📡 The conference will also be available via livestream.
👉 Full programme and registration: https://www.fondazionebasso.it/2015/17-18-sept-2026-eppo-and-the-protection-of-eu-financial-interests-challenges-cooperation-and-the-road-ahead/