When European citizens go to the polls in three weeks, they will be exercising their power to hold their elected representatives accountable. Our election manifesto, spanning all areas of EU anti-corruption, outlines how MEPs can fight to make the EU more transparent, more accountable, and more protected against corruption, so that citizens can assess its
Recent allegations of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) receiving payments to spread Russian propaganda have highlighted once more the European Parliament’s failure to protect its own democratic integrity. Incredulously, taking-money-from-foreign-dictators aside, MEPs could have taken bucketloads of cash to appear on podcasts, talk shows and the like to parrot Russian propaganda, provided this was
The European Commission has proposed a Defence of Democracy package that aims to strengthen the EU against foreign influence, but it risks undermining the civil society organisations that uphold democracy while failing to adequately address any influence in the EU. We’ve outlined why this doesn’t work in this briefing paper. It was conceived together
If you want to fight financial and organised crime, you have to be able to stop criminals, kleptocrats and other corrupt individuals from using the proceeds of their crimes. The EU has just stepped up its fight against money laundering, with the European Parliament agreeing to an entire anti-money laundering package including setting up a
The past weeks have seen the European Parliament dogged by a flood of accusations of MEP bribe-taking for China and Russia. The allegations have proven that now, more than ever, an independent oversight body, with powers to monitor and sanction MEPs, is needed. Today, the European Parliament has finally instructed the Parliament President to sign
