Call for tenders Application deadline: 18 May 2018 Purpose of Assignment Produce a paper analysing how anti-money laundering (AML) obligations interplay with sector-specific obligations such as client confidentiality or public interest duty (e.g....
This year’s College of Europe Transparency Group just published its policy papers on EU whistleblowing, tax transparency, party financing and the EU’s own auditing watchdog:
Next Monday marks the first political exchange between Commission, Parliament and Council on a new lobby register.While all EU institutions have voiced their strong support for more transparency, the Parliament and Council must move far beyond their...
The Commission’s proposals to deepen Economic and Monetary Union have been described as a “power-grab”, but may restore balance to a field so far dominated by the largest EU countries. Here’s why:
Last week, the multi-stakeholder platform accompanying the European Commission’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted a paper with wide-ranging recommendations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s...
An important step towards more transparent EU institutions was taken today, with the European Court of Justice’s ruling that access to documents relating to ongoing trilogues must be given by the EU institutions. In 2015, the former head of the...
On 9 February 2018, Transparency International EU responded to the Monitoring Group consultation on “Strengthening the Governance and Oversight of the International Audit-related Standard-setting Boards in the Public Interest” calling for civil...
The negotiations on EU legislation for public country-by-country reporting (CBCR), have been stalled by the EU Council. However, the recent result of the German Social Democrats’ (SPD) vote in favour of forming a grand coalition with Angela...
Residency and citizenship-by-investment schemes, commonly known as golden visas or passports for sale, offer fast-track citizenship or residency status to foreign, wealthy investors in exchange for large investments. These programmes have been...
