Transparency International EU welcomes today’s proposal by President Juncker to extend the “cooling off period” for ex-Commissioners from 18 months to two years, and to three years for former Presidents of the Commission. This represents a...
This Wednesday sees L’Affaire Barroso reach a climax when the College of European Commissioners, some of whom were his former colleagues, decide whether to sanction or absolve the former President for his decision to join Goldman Sachs as a...
From Budapest to Pécs in Hungary the M6 highway gradually weaves along the River Danube, through farms and vineyards. When the main stretch of the road was completed in 2010 one of several seemingly unnecessary tunnels, given the gently rolling...
Thirty-five percent of European Union (EU) citizens said they are afraid of retaliation or a negative backlash by reporting corruption, according to new research published today by Transparency International. This is despite the fact that one out of...
One of the most striking things about the Trump and Farage narratives is the railing against “corrupt elites”: the coalition of “merchant bankers, multinationals and big politics” that Farage invoked when celebrating the Brexit vote; or the...
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the transparency, integrity, and democratic accountability provisions in place at the European Investment Bank, the EU’s bank. The report is structured around the EIB’s independence, transparency,...
The European Investment Bank needs greater transparency in its decision-making if the European Union is serious about steering its way out of the euro-crisis, according to Transparency International EU. The EU’s bank, which has higher lending...
On 12 October 2016, Transparency International EU organised a debate on illegal logging and corruption in the forestry sector, focusing in particular on REDD+, we discussed corruption risks in the timber trade.
This year has seen a number of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) getting into trouble over the use of their expenses. It is time for the Parliament to put in place robust transparency rules on how MEPs spend public money.
