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The EU’s First Anti-Corruption Report: Will Good Intentions Yield Action?
The EU estimates that corruption costs €120 billion in its Member States every year, according to a recent speech from Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. That’s a mere financial estimate,...
View ArticleThe EU Expert Group on Corruption: Preparations for the 1st EU...
In 2011, the European Commission decided to launch the first EU Anti-Corruption report looking into corruption issues within 27 EU member states, plus Croatia. In order to gather outside expertise, the...
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The State of the European Union 2013: Big on big things – really?
One year ago, we launched this website with a blog post on European Commission President Barroso’s last State of the European Union (SOTEU) address, an article that we titled “More power, less...
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Procurement and corruption: Where do we stand in the EU?
Today, the EU’s Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) launched a long-awaited study* titled “Public Procurement: costs we pay for Corruption” during a public hearing in the European Parliament (agenda) organised by...
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EU Anti-Corruption Report update: will anyone be satisfied?
At last week’s anti-corruption conference here in Brussels to mark today’s International Anti-Corruption Day 2013, the European Commission gave a quite comprehensive update on the upcoming first EU...
View Article#StopTheCorrupt: Lobbying and the revolving door between public and private...
On Monday, 3 February 2014, the European Commission is expected to launch its first EU-Anticorruption Report. Until then, we will be highlighting a number of important issues, and Transparency...
View ArticleWe have an EU anti-corruption report: so now what?
Finally, after several months of delays and a few modifications, the European Commission’s EU anti-corruption report is with us. Was it worth the wait? Well, there’s a hell of a lot of material here –...
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EU Anti-Corruption Report: national reactions from Croatia
Dear Commissioner Malmström, Transparency International Croatia has welcomed your initiative, owing to which the first ever Anti-Corruption Report of the European Union was launched. The Report –...
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EU Anti-Corruption Report: national reactions from Italy
Dear Mrs. Malmström, TI-Italy has welcomed the first EU Anti-Corruption Report, as we trust that increased public awareness, knowledge and public debates about corruption are all essential steps in the...
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The anti-corruption paper factory: recent G7 and EU commitments
If warm words and the pledges of politicians were all that were needed to win the fight against corruption, we could all have packed up and gone home yesterday. After a hard day giving Putin the cold...
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