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 […]
Millions in EU Farm Funds Misused?
EU oversight tightens as Greece’s farm fund agency faces losing certification. Can OPEKEPE fix systemic failures before Brussels pulls the plug? Prosecutors faced physical resistance […]
Senior EU Official Under Scrutiny in Suspicious Aviation Deal
The European Commission has launched disciplinary proceedings against Henrik Hololei over concerns about transparency, conflicts of interest, and gift acceptance. Hololei, a former senior EU […]
Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizergate: No Pill for Dodgy Texts
Von der Leyen’s ‘Pfizergate’ scandal deepens as EU court delivers ruling. The Commission unlawfully withheld crucial texts between the EU president and Pfizer’s CEO at […]
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 […]
European Funding: For NGOs or Lobbying Machines?
Over the past 3 years, the European Union allocated €7.4 billion to NGOs. But a report by the European Court of Auditors reveals shocking abuses […]
The European Parliament Finally Seems to be Striving for Accountability
Updated ethics rules after scandals like Qatargate require stricter transparency on lobbying and gifts. But critics highlight concerns about outside jobs and enforcement. Introduced in […]
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 […]
LIFE is Life – European Commission Confesses Misused Funds
The European Commission has formally acknowledged that some NGOs have misused LIFE funds for activities beyond the programme’s intended purpose. Specifically, funds were used for […]
Marine Le Pen Faces Prison in Embezzlement Sentence
Following her conviction for embezzling EU funds to support her far-right party, Marine Le Pen was barred from running for public office by a French […]