The EU is poised to take a momentous step and adopt a new directive to protect whistleblowers across Europe. This could have a dramatic impact on the capacity and ability of whistleblowing to work in all our interests. We know that protecting those...
Date and time: 6 March 2019, 12:30 – 18:30Venue: The Office, Rue d’ Arlon 80, 1040, Brussels Trillions of euros of corrupt funds are recycled through the global economy annually and less than 1% is being seized and frozen The US has...
Download the report here. Who governs the euro area? The informal nature of the Eurogroup and the limited transparency of its decision making makes this a difficult question to answer. Yet knowing who is in charge is the very prerequisite of...
Brussels, 31 January 2019 – Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of MEPs publishing their meetings with lobbyists. This is the first mandatory lobby transparency measure to apply to EU parliamentarians and a huge step forward for...
Analysis reveals corruption contributing to a global crisis of democracy Berlin, 29 January 2019 – The 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International reveals that the continued failure of most countries to...
The European Commission said today that schemes that sell citizenship and residency to the super rich, known as ‘golden visas’, threaten the EU’s collective security and integrity. The Commission’s report states that the citizenship schemes...
Readers of a certain age will be familiar with “A Shot in the Dark”, a comedy caper starring Peter Sellars that was part of the Pink Panther series in the ‘60s and ‘70s. It may seem unlikely starting point for a blog about the European...
Report launch and panel discussion with the Eurogroup Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 9:30 – 12:30 Finance Watch event suite – Rue Ducale 67, 1000 Brussels Who governs the euro area? The informal nature of the Eurogroup and the limited transparency of...
The EU should not unfreeze the assets of a Tunisian businessman and son-in-law of the former Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Transparency International said today. Following a request from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
