Spain’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albares, responded somewhat critically to comments made by European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas regarding the prospects for a UK/EU treaty on Gibraltar.…
Qatargate
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Previously, EU Today has revealed many connections within the criminal syndicate from Kazakhstan, which is apparently headed by fugitive oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, and key figures in last year’s “Qatargate” scandal…
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In a show of hands among MEPs, the European Parliament has unanimously agreed to a request by a top EU financial crime-fighting body to lift the immunity of the former…
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Attempts to interfere with democracy are a “widespread phenomenon that must be countered as vigorously as possible” warned MEPs in their recommendations on the reform of European Parliament’s rules on transparency,…
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“Evidence of collusion”: report names 18 MEPs & former MEPs “connected” with activities supporting convicted fraudster Mukhtar Ablyazov
The fake NGO is becoming a major problem in Brussels. Typically, such a body would purport to represent human rights interests: it is always going to be difficult for a…
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EU political elites “advancing” Gazprom’s agenda and Hungary’s “susceptibility” to Russian intelligence activities
EU political elites “advancing” Gazprom’s agenda and Hungary’s “susceptibility” to Russian intelligence activities are among several examples named in a new report which has been drafted by MEPs. The EU…
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Qatargate: the tip of the iceberg as “suspect” NGOs continue to operate with impunity in the European Parliament.
Seasoned observers – particularly those of us who have worked inside the Parliament – are neither surprised nor shocked by this story, there are after all “a million stories in…
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The plan includes the mandatory requirement to declare all meetings and a “cooling off period” for MEPs being employed as lobbyists. Members say the President of the European Parliament needs…
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There is no end to it. Corruption is everywhere and associated with high levels of incompetence on all sides. In the UK the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sinking ever…
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Named & Shamed: the MEPs who voted against ‘The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine’
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of the resolution, but what about the 12 MEPs who voted against? Who were they, and what were their motives? The recent ‘Qatargate’…