The six EU accession and member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Lithuania and Spain) that are part of the first year of the very first review cycle under the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC, see treaty text here) should follow the good example of those State Parties that have already made their self- assessment reports […]
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Combating corruption in the EU through e-Procurement
Recently Transparency International submitted a response to the European Commission consultations on expanding the use of e-Procurement, which you can download here. The Commission consultation document (‘Green Paper’) contained no mention of corruption, and so we found it imperative to let the European Commission (EC) know how e-Procurement is not only a tool for bringing efficiency savings, but […]
It’s time to discuss the mandate of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office!
The trans-national dimension of organised crime in the EU is ever increasing and “law enforcement authorities are increasingly confronted with cases of cross-border observation and surveillance which create issues at both legal and operational levels” (page 22, Europol report for 2009) That is why yesterday, Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and national practitioners expressed […]
Transparency in the Financing of Europarties
Yesterday, we – the Transparency International EU Office – were invited to speak at a hearing of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament about the need for transparency of political parties at European level (“Europarties”). As basis for this presentation and future debates, we had prepared a 3-page discussion paper titled “Transparency in the Financing […]
Will the new Code of Conduct for EU Commissioners have teeth?
Stories of conflict of interests among top European Union officials are becoming all-too-frequent headlines in the news. The problems have largely sprung from the so-called revolving door that has been created in Brussels as officials exit public service and quickly enter into the charge of business. The EU capital is not alone in having a […]
EU transparency & the Right to Know Day 2010
It is true: The EU is, in some regards, more transparent than some of its member states. However, information is hard to find unless you are an EU expert. There is also no established culture of transparency throughout the EU institutions and all their EU officials. This makes it harder for civil society to hold […]
Promoting integrity in European financial services reform
In the past few weeks, Transparency International’s Liaison Office to the European Union (TI EU) has been very active in the European Commission’s efforts to reform financial services, led by the Directorate General “Internal Market & Services” (DG Markt), and we have become the first civil society society actor to engage with DG Markt’s working […]
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