
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.

The Commission aims to finalize the financial framework before possible political changes in major member states.

A ‘yes’ vote by a majority of the electorate would increase the transparency, independence, and accountability in the evaluation of magistrates.

“The DSA is being used as an instrument to control freedom of expression, relying on an ecosystem of ‘fact-checkers’ and ‘certifiers’ that are not neutral.”

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.