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MEPs help to make the EU 0.0014286% more transparent

17 September 2012 in Europe and Central Asia, European Union

Compared to the EU’s 2011 budget of around 140 billion Euros, 2 million Euros (that’s 0.0014286% of 140 billion Euros) doesn’t sound like much.  However, a fight – which is expected to come to a head this week – between the European Parliament and the European Commission over this relatively small sum of money may […]

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Licence to kill: banking experts discuss EU crisis management proposals

18 February 2011 in Europe and Central Asia, European Union, Financial Markets, Lobbying

Commissioner responsible for the functioning of the EU’s internal market – has pledged to improve the representation of civil society groups in these meetingsto avoid the perceived stranglehold that the banking industry had on the European regulators in the run-up to 2008’s financial meltdown. On the evidence of the meeting I attended this week (Monday […]

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