Today, revelations that billions of dollars of Russian money has been laundered through Europe shows the urgent need for the EU to clamp down on the kind of anonymous shell companies which allows corrupt cash to flow through European banks and...
A joint letter supported by over 100 NGOs was published today, calling on the Members of the European Parliament to adopt a strong negotiating position on the EU Transparency Register. Negotiations on the new inter-institutional agreement are...
Dutch elections jeopardise Eurogroup stability: It could be months until the fate of the Eurogroup President and Dutch finance minister is settled. High time for a conflict-of-interest-free President of the Eurogroup
Transparency International, the global anti-corruption movement, condemns the guilty verdict and sentencing of Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet, the two whistleblowers who revealed secret tax rulings between the Luxembourg authorities and...
If you follow the Twitter accounts of the Brussels press corps, you’ll have heard little else from harried hacks last week as they got their first look around the new Europa building or “Space Egg” of the European Council. The €325 million...
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) must be brought into the EU treaties to increase its accountability, according to a first of its kind study, published today by Transparency International EU. The ESM, created during the Eurozone crisis to...
Transparency International EU’s in-depth study of the governance and accountability of the ESM provides the first comprehensive analysis of the newest European economic governance institution, and makes a number of concrete recommendations. To...
Today, Transparency International EU welcomed the European Parliament’s committee vote to end secrecy around the ultimate beneficial owners of companies and trusts active in the EU, in revisions to the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. The...
Today, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted overwhelmingly calling for a comprehensive EU-wide whistleblower protection legislation. Transparency International EU welcomes the European Parliament taking a proactive stance on the need to...
