On Monday night the European Parliament voted to give large multinationals a “get-out clause” on tax transparency. For the last few years tax has been one of the main topics on the EU’s political agenda. After a series of scandals, which...
On Thursday, June 15th, the European Parliament will adopt its mandate for the upcoming negotiations with the Council and the Commission on the overhaul of the EU’s Transparency Register. The negotiating mandate contains some advances welcomed by...
Transparency International EU (TI EU) is pleased to announce the addition of two new independent Executive Board members at its General Assembly meeting on 6 June 2017. The Brussels arm of the global anti-corruption NGO welcomes Iverna McGowan, Head...
Today, Transparency International EU welcomes the European Parliament’s support for global tax transparency and efforts to put an end to the secrecy surrounding multinational companies’ activities, structures and tax payments. However, an...
Today, Transparency International EU joins forces with diverse organisations from business and civil society to form the ALL Alliance for Democracy. ALL is a pro-European alliance launched to campaign in support of European cooperation and democracy...
Today, revelations by a cross-border team of investigative journalists, that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are allegedly using their office allowances to rent domestic office space from their own homes, political parties, or in some...
This recipe shows some of the tricks and tools that people and corporations can use to hide assets and avoid tax. While the methods differ between places and people, company and individual these are some of the most common ways that are used to hide...
Currently, one of the hottest and most politicised files debated in the EU bubble is on tax transparency. Tax scandal after scandal, the numerous leaks by investigative journalists and the ever-growing calls by civil society and European citizens...
From Antoine Deltour to Zuzana Hlavkova, stories of ordinary people who want to expose corruption and wrong-doing are hitting the headlines time and time again. But these brave individuals are risking their careers and even legal action just for...