Surprisingly and at short notice, the EU Commission has appointed Martin Selmayr, the current Head of Cabinet of Jean-Claude Juncker as Secretary-General of the EU Commission’s General Secretariat. MEP Sven Giegold, rapporteur for transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions, said: “The appointment of Martin Selmayr to the EU Commission’s most important post must […]

Transparency International has now published its Corruption Perception Index 2017. The Scandinavian countries are in the lead. The best EU countries, Denmark (88) and Finland (85) rank right behind the best, New Zealand (89). On the other hand, Hungary (45) drops by 10 points (on a scale from 0 “highly corrupt” to 100 “very clean”), […]

Dear Members, dear colleagues, dear journalists, We would like to invite you to join a breakfast briefing, provided by “Fair Trade Advocacy Office” on sustainability in competition law this Thursday, 22 February 8-9h in the MEP salon in the European Parliament, Brussels. Commissioner Vestager will rule soon on the Bayer-Monsanto merger as a question of […]

Tomorrow, the European Commission will present a proposal for reform of the EU institutions. POLITICO reported today in advance that the proposal on the EU’s ‘Spitzenkandidaten’ envisages the candidate “who first obtains a majority in the European Council and then in the European Parliament in accordance with the Treaty” to be elected President of the […]

Transnationale Listen könnten den Charakter der Europawahl entscheidend verbessern: als europäische Wählen, die ihren Namen verdienen, statt als Summe aus 28 nationalen Wahlen. Dieser offene Brief richtet sich an die Europaabgeordneten, die am Mittwoch 7. Februar abstimmen, ob transnationale Listen als Meilenstein für eine stärkere Europäische Demokratie kommen. Meinen herzlichen Dank für große Unterstützung bei […]