Today, OpenBudgets.eu presents the European Structural Funds Data Quality Index. Slovenia ranks highest, based on high data quality and high accessibility and usability of its portal. Denmark comes in second, they provide outstanding data quality in...
On Wednesday the 29th of March, the European Commission approved two new private sector positions for the UK’s former Commissioner, Jonathan Hill. Announced during the media commotion around the UK’s formal BREXIT notification, the Commission...
Transparency International EU calls on the Ukrainian authorities to abolish controversial amendments to the Law on Prevention of Corruption that appear specifically designed to intimidate and target anti-corruption activists. The amendments threaten...
TI Netherlands just published a new report entitled ‘Behind The Scenes: Beneficial Ownership Transparency in the Netherlands’. The report, which is available here, demonstrates that the Netherlands has a relatively good understanding of...
On April 3rd 2016 – exactly a year ago, the Panama Papers, a trove of 11.5 million files leaked from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, revealed how the global financial industry sells financial secrecy to politicians, football players,...
Eurozone governance was reinvented in the midst of the euro crisis. To assess how well the new structures and institutions perform in terms of transparency, accountability, democratic legitimacy and integrity, we prepared in-depth studies of the...
Independence and accountability of the European Central Bank Download the report here. Our in-depth study looks into the balance between the ECB’s expanded mandate, its unrivaled independence, and its democratic accountability. It...
The European Central Bank (ECB) urgently needs to increase democratic oversight and accountability if the euro is to survive the next crisis, according to a new report on the Bank’s governance by Transparency International EU entitled “Two sides...
Ahead of the EU’s 60th anniversary in Rome, 56 civil society organisations are calling on the European Commission not to abandon its leadership role in the fight against corruption. This fight is even more important if we are to realise the...
