When it comes to anti-corruption warriors, the most zealous usually come from the Netherlands (think Sophie in ‘t Veld, Paul Tang, Marietje Schaake or Thijs Reuten). […]
Knife in the Back: Can Corruption Become an Obstacle on Ukraine’s EU Path?
Respect for the rule of law and increased anti-corruption efforts – that is all the European Union expects from Ukraine in exchange for a fast […]
Why Did President Zelenskyy Risk Another ’Orange Revolution’ in Ukraine?
With a failed attempt to take Ukrainian anti-corruption bodies’ independence, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has risked a new ’Orange Revolution’ in his country. The fact that […]
Everything Wrong with the Spanish Socialists
Barely a couple of weeks ago, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez opted out his country of NATO’s grand budget increase. He cited economic strain and […]
Von der Leyen’s Journey: From Hero to Villain
Once hailed as Europe’s rock during Covid and war, Ursula von der Leyen now finds herself lampooned as a wet blanket on the Commission’s bonfire. […]
The Most Corrupt in the EU? The EU
Lobbying for Mother Nature as a European “green” lobby group, rainforests and poor, orphaned orangutan babies is trendy. (Insert any random endangered species.) It opens […]
Lessons Still Not Learned
Global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International’s March 13 press release was short, but straightforward. The new allegations of bribery (by now known as the Huaweigate) ‘show […]
USAID: Rotten to the Core
Though, most of our work has been focused on the European Parliament and its (dis)honourable members so far, the recent steps taken by the Trump […]
How Long Until We Can Label the European Parliament as the Hotbed of Corruption
The dust has barely settled over Qatargate, yet, the European Parliament was rocked by another scandal again. The details are still patchy, but the bottom […]
Regina Doherty and The Luck of the Irish
Nowadays, the expression ‘the luck of the Irish’ is thought to be a positive thing, associated with rainbows, leprechauns, four-leaf clovers and alike. But it […]