The new von der Leyen Commission had a rough start before actually getting elected. Though there is no official deadline to reveal the portfolios of […]
Some Long-Standing Controversies and EU Leaders
Corruption-ridden cases are like the milk nobody likes (or allowed) to drink and yet, they are in the fridge: they are kind of there but […]
Kaja Kallas and The Reward for Double Standards
“You are very vocal about … Ukraine and Russia and security … but in a hidden way … you are agreeing with Moscow.” This was […]
European Grey Eminence Under African Influence?
Since I don’t want to play ’pig in a poke’, I’ll be quick to clarify that the question posed in the title refers to EU […]
Olivier Chastel and Renew Europe: Integrity on Demand
“The Renew Europe Group welcomes the adoption today during plenary session of the report on recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, […]
Welcome to the von der Leyen Business Club!
Should Ursula von der Leyen fail to be appointed to a second term as European Commission President, the business world would most likely welcome the […]
Frail and fallible, they all are…
Most corruption cases making it to the headlines are large scale. Cases like those involve the exchange hundreds of thousands of euros, famous persons and […]