
Who Shapes the Debate? Influence, Transparency, and Governance in Brussels
Brussels must ask whether its transparency rules still reflect where influence actually resides.

Brussels must ask whether its transparency rules still reflect where influence actually resides.

At least 15 MEPs are implicated in a bribery investigation alleging attempts to influence legislation favoring the Chinese company.

One member of von der Leyen’s staff has been fingered in particular for aping American talking points on China as the EU stumbles to form a coherent policy on de-risking from China.

Western Europe is especially bad at spotting foreign propaganda, Ivana Karásková said, urging the EU to adopt its ‘foreign agents law,’ despite the backlash it generated among global, leftist NGOs.