Last week marked the start of the asset recovery Directive negotiations. The Council and the European Parliament have adopted their respective positions, and now, together with the European Commission, they will negotiate to finalise the text of the...
8 June 2023, Brussels The EU ethics body proposed by the European Commission today would not be able to clean up the mess left by Qatargate. In 2019, European Commission President von der Leyen said: “If Europeans are to have faith in our Union,...
Analysis by Transparency International EU (TI EU) shows almost none of the reforms promised in the wake of the most egregious corruption scandal to hit the European Parliament have been implemented. The full analysis is available as a PDF file here....
The following statement was signed by Transparency International EU and the over 200 undersigned organisations. It is available as a PDF file here. Civil Society Europe is bringing together 230 civil society organisations from across Europe to...
Transparency International EU (TI EU) welcomes today’s proposal by the EU High Representative and the European Commission to sanction acts of corruption worldwide, as part of the proposed EU anti-corruption package. It is an important signal that...
On 28 March the European Parliament adopted its position on the latest EU anti-money laundering package. This package includes a proposal for a new Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (“Regulation regarding AMLA”), a revision of the existing...
The letter below was sent to the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden to the EU, on 9th March 2023 by members of the Coalition Against SLAPPS in Europe (CASE) Coalition. Dear Mr Lars Danielsson, We are writing as representatives of the...
Last night’s decision by the Parliament’s secretive ruling body, the Bureau, to introduce a 6-month cooling off period for former MEPS before they can lobby their former colleagues amounts to little more than window-dressing. Michiel van...
Last week it was revealed that Henrik Hololei, Director-General of the European Commission’s DG MOVE, had enjoyed nine free business class trips on Qatar Airways between 2015 and 2021. Six of these free flights occurred while the EU was...
