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...
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,...
Transparency International EU (TI EU) is an international non-profit organisation under Belgian law (AISBL) based in Brussels (Belgium). We work closely with Transparency International national chapters in over 100 countries worldwide and...
This is the first edition of a new web series from Transparency International EU on tech lobbying in Brussels. To start off, we have analysed the 4,342 lobby meetings the Commission has published in their two digital portfolios. We see three broad...
Authoritarian governments meddling with elections and institutions of liberal democracies has been a major talking point for governments and citizens alike across the globe over the past couple of years. One high-profile case is the investigation...
Sometimes – as with yesterday’s narrow Parliament vote in favour of lobby transparency – you ride your luck as an NGO. And sometimes the stars align so perfectly that you suspect there must be more to it than luck. This Sunday, 9...