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EU Harmonises Corruption Penalties in Move Towards Deeper Integration

Javier Villamor March 27, 2026

The European Parliament has approved a new directive that sets common definitions and minimum penalties for corruption-related crimes across the Union.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) speaks with EU Commissioner for Budget Johannes Hahn (R) as they attend a meeting of the College of Commissioners at the Berlaymont, in Brussels on October 13, 2021.

Police Raid EU Commission Offices over €900m Property Sale

Zoltán Kottász February 12, 2026

Belgian police carried out searches at multiple Commission buildings on Thursday.

EU Fires Official Over Qatar Trips—But What About the Rest?

Javier Villamor January 30, 2026

The dismissal has reopened questions about why ethics rules seem to bite hardest at lower levels of the EU system.

Qatargate: European Commission Finally Fires Senior Official Amid Long-Running Scandal

TEC News January 29, 2026

Finally! A high-level Eurocrat involved in Qatargate is on his way out.

European Union flags on poles (Unsplash)

Qatargate Is Back—New Hearings Set for This Week

Michael Curzon December 8, 2025

A former Commission advisor warned that the system is “built to prevent change.”

Actions Sometimes Have Consequences Even in Brussels: Ex-EU Foreign Chief Resigns

TEC News December 5, 2025

Mogherini’s departure follows her detention and questioning in connection with suspected corruption.

MEP and former Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean (EPP)

Von der Leyen’s EPP Pushes for ‘Transparency Registries’ for NGOs—While Condemning Budapest for the Same

Tamás Orbán June 25, 2025

“We don’t want an anti-Soros law,” leftist lawmakers said, arguing that it would have the same effect as the Hungarian transparency law criticized by Brussels.

PfE Chairman Jordan Bardella (C) and PfE First Vice-Chair Kinga Gál hold a press conference in the European Parliament on May 6, 2025.

EU ‘DOGE’ Clears First Hurdle as Patriots Secure Signatures

Tamás Orbán May 7, 2025

The question now is whether the EU elite will be brazen enough to reject an inquiry into their own systematic corruption.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a press conference after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, on April 23, 2021.

Transparency International: Le Pen’s Alleged Crime Is Widespread in Brussels

Javier Villamor April 1, 2025

The watchdog noted that 140 MEPs have also misused assistants’ funds, yet none of them faced such unprecedented punishment as the French presidential frontrunner.

Meetings Between MEPs and a Chinese Tech Giant Raise the Spectre of Corruption

Tamás Orbán & Javier Villamor March 14, 2025

More than two dozen Brussels-led dangerous liaisons with Huawei took place between 2020 and 2023—mainly related to AI legislation, digital services, and green policies.

Tag: Qatargate

EU Harmonises Corruption Penalties in Move Towards Deeper Integration

Police Raid EU Commission Offices over €900m Property Sale

EU Fires Official Over Qatar Trips—But What About the Rest?

Qatargate: European Commission Finally Fires Senior Official Amid Long-Running Scandal

Qatargate Is Back—New Hearings Set for This Week

Actions Sometimes Have Consequences Even in Brussels: Ex-EU Foreign Chief Resigns

Von der Leyen’s EPP Pushes for ‘Transparency Registries’ for NGOs—While Condemning Budapest for the Same

EU ‘DOGE’ Clears First Hurdle as Patriots Secure Signatures

Transparency International: Le Pen’s Alleged Crime Is Widespread in Brussels

Meetings Between MEPs and a Chinese Tech Giant Raise the Spectre of Corruption

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