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”), […]
Breakfast briefing: Sustainability and competition law – Thu 22 Feb, 8-9h
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 […]
Proposals of the EU Commission: Election of the President of the Commission must not be returned to the back room – Council needs more transparency
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 […]
Energising European Democracy: Time for Transnational Lists – Open Letter
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 […]
Bulgaria: New study highlights corruption and calls for action at EU level
A new report commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament shows that much more ambition is required in the fight against corruption within Bulgaria and at EU level. The report, which comes shortly after Bulgaria takes on the presidency of the EU, looks at the strong ties between the Bulgarian government, oligarchs, banks […]
Tough Malta mission report of the European Parliament
Today, the European Parliament published the report of its “rule of law” mission to Malta. The report followed the implications of members of the current government in the Panama Papers, the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and concerns over the rule of law in Malta. The common report of a cross party […]