
Court of Auditors Member Warns: EU Opacity Is Fueling Euroskepticism
Finland’s member of the European Court of Auditors denounces the lack of transparency in the EU’s budget management and warns of its political consequences.

Finland’s member of the European Court of Auditors denounces the lack of transparency in the EU’s budget management and warns of its political consequences.

EU’s fiscal documents are written to pay a token gesture to openness while in reality serving as declarations of policy intent.

“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.

What the “values of the European Union” really are is anyone’s guess.
The EU’s top court says the Commission failed to grant access to text messages relating to Covid vaccine procurements.

The Commission’s delays and rejections of freedom of information requests hinder journalists “from fulfilling their watchdog role,” the letter signed by 140 reporters points out.

It would be a real smoking gun if the EU elite were to reject the democratic oversight of foreign interference, NGO lobbying, and systemic corruption.
The report criticises the Commission for failing to clearly disclose information about advocacy activities carried out by NGOs using EU funds.
While the bloc’s CERV program officially aims to strengthen civil society and promote ‘EU values,’ its convoluted way of distributing funds raises “familiar red flags” Hungary said.
The new body is needed to take action against the lack of transparency and accountability in EU institutions, the group says.