14 March 2024, Brussels In 2019, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised an interinstitutional ethics body to overhaul the EU’s integrity system, an oversight mechanism we have been demanding for almost a decade. Over four years have...
The European Parliament’s approval of the EU Asset Recovery Directive marks a turning point in the fight to confiscate the ill-gotten gains of criminals, and return them to support victims of corruption. This builds on the EU’s new Directive on...
When the EU is accused of doing too little to help Ukraine, its go-to action is adopting a new sanctions package. It is therefore tempting, at the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to ask whether these sanctions are working. But...
27 February 2024, Brussels The EU Parliament has today taken the EU one step closer to safeguarding journalists and media freedom in voting to support the EU Anti-SLAPPs Directive. SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) are...
23 February 2024, Brussels The revelations that German MEP Markus Pieper has been appointed to the newly-created job of EU SME Envoy—despite other candidates scoring higher on the European Commission’s own assessments—raises serious...
Current developments have alarmingly revealed the extent of corporate lobbying in negotiations on safeguarding the climate. Take COP28, where a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists made an appearance, or the upcoming COP29 being hosted by...
Download the full briefing here. Lobbying is part of any healthy democracy: it allows policymakers to gather expertise from a variety of stakeholders and take informed decisions. But if unregulated, lobbying can have dire consequences: legislation...
February 6, 2024 Ms Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission cc: Ms Věra Jourová Vice-President for Values and Transparency Mr Didier Reynders Commissioner for Justice Dear President von der Leyen, We, the undersigned 17...
The following letter was signed by Transparency International EU and the undersigned organisations. It can be accessed as a PDF file here. 24 January 2024 Dear Vice-President Jourová, Dear Vice-President Barley, Dear Chair Mr De Meo, ...