The Polish Parliament recently approved two laws that would enable the government to remove several Supreme Court judges and consequently further subordinate the country’s public institutions to the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS). The move...
European Parliament report on money-laundering reforms needs urgent action.
On 5 December 2017, Transparency International EU launched the Eurozone watchdog network with 18 partner organisations. We launched this network one day ahead of the Commission’s formal proposals to reform Eurozone governance. This is an open...
Monday, the Eurogroup will choose a new President among the shortlisted candidates from Portugal, Luxembourg, Latvia and Slovakia. Whoever is chosen will face the daunting task of reconnecting the Eurogroup with the citizens it serves.
On November 20th Eurostat, the statistical office for the European Commission, released their first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report looked at 100 targets, out of 169, and included Transparency...
Azerbaijan ranks 30 out of 100 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, which indicates rampant corruption. All this is well known and has been documented by anti-corruption activists, international organisations and...
This piece originally appeared in Knack.be in Dutch. Amid the headlines and heated debates that will come out after the latest leak from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the Paradise Papers, there will be calls for action,...
Beside the big names of celebrities and politicians, such as Lewis Hamilton and Wilbur Ross, hiding their wealth offshore, which were included in the latest leak by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) – the Paradise...
The Paradise Papers are just the most recent in a series of revelations about the shadowy financial system. There is ever growing public outrage about the direct impact that secretive money flows have on everyday people’s lives. Funds that should...