Is Something Better Than Nothing?    - Evaluating the extension of the two-step test to civil judicial cooperation in Aucrinde Sandri, Emilia Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-09-23 eng
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 On 11 September 2025, AG Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Aucrinde, the very first case to reach the Court on the interpretation of the Recast Evidence Regulation since it became applicable in July 2022. While touching upon several issues, one remark stands out: the AG cited the non-fulfilment of the two-step test from criminal judicial cooperation as a reason for the requested court to execute the foreign order. This passage might signal the first migration of the two-step test to civil judicial cooperation, potentially strengthening fundamental rights safeguards, but also carrying risks given its complexity and inherent logic.      CC BY-SA 4.0 Sandri, Emilia AG Ćapeta civil judicial cooperation fundamental rights mutual trust Mutual Trust Principle 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-something-better-than-nothing/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/92c5311c24baf318 250923 10.59704/92c5311c24baf318 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)