Still reeling from a corruption scandal that resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of almost 1.5 million euros in alleged bribes from Qatar, the European Parliament could be once again embroiled in an alleged cash-for-influence scandal....
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...
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...
Access and download our methodology here. In the relentless race against time to combat the climate crisis, accountable and transparent policymaking is imperative. Policymakers can’t claim to take climate legislation seriously while possibly...
You can read our full technical analysis of all reforms here. One year ago, Belgian police uncovered 1.5m euros in cash stashed in, among other places, an MEP’s suitcase. What proceeded to unfold was the biggest corruption scandal ever to have hit...
Brussels, 13 September 2023 At today’s plenary vote, Members of the European Parliament have failed to make necessary changes to the ethics system and put an end to the culture of impunity among MEPs that has been exposed by one of the largest...
Our analysis is available for download here and the corresponding methodology can be accessed here. Transparency International EU’s (TI EU) analysis of all MEP side activity declarations has revealed that MEPs are able to get away with providing...
Title: Consultant for the organisation of Integrity Watch 3.0 project final event Application Closing Date: 23 July 2023 Start and End Date: 3 August 2023 – 1 December 2023 Location: Brussels BACKGROUND Transparency International EU...
