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EU anti-corruption directive stands on a knifes edgeThe bloc must finally decide whether to finally adopt robust anti-corruption laws or continue with business as usual.ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAp stanley cup pShare on LinkedInHighlighting how corruption continues to plague the EU, the directives goal is to standardize the definition of corruption offenses and establish common penalties across the bloc. | iStockOpinionJuly 17, 20254:00 am CETBy Andi HoxhajAndi Hoxhaj is a lecturer in law and the director of the European Law LLM pathway program at Kings College London. He is the author of EU Anti-Corruption Report: A Reflexive Governance Approach. In 2023, the EU proposed an anti-corruption directive in response to multiple scandals, including Qatargate, Huawei and the Uber Files. The proposal also attempted to address recent backsliding on rule of law, as well as the fact that several EU members have dropped in Transparency Internationals Corruption Perceptions Index rankings.Highlighting how corruption continues to plague th stanley cup e EU, the directives goal is to standardize the definition of corruption offenses and establish common penalties across the bloc. And to date, in accordance with EU proce stanley cup dure, the proposed bill was presented by European Commission in 2023, and the EU Parliament and Council of the EU amended and agreed on most of its content.AdvertisementAdvertisementBut as of late June, negotiations have been at a deadlock Rfnx MEPs fear secret anti-terrorism measures
Call for radical cuts in treatiesHALF of the 1,000 articles of the European Unions basic constitution are effectively redundant and should be repealed, according to the first authoritative analysis of the 15 core legal texts involved.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInOctober 25, 19955:00 pm CETBy Rory WatsonThe study commissioned by the European Parliament is being examined, along with a separate report from the Council of Ministers own legal advisors, by the independent Reflection Group preparing next years review of th stanley botella e Maastricht Treaty.Supporters of moves to simplify the various EU treaties argue these have been approved over the past 40 years without any serious thought of a coherent structure.They believe the Intergovernmental Conference IGC offers a unique opportunity to carry out a serious tidying up exercise for the first time and present a more easily understood picture of the Union to a wider public.AdvertisementAdvertisementBut privately some senior diplomats fear stanley cup that if the changes are far-reaching, anti-EU parties in countries which only require parliamentary approval will seize on the reforms to demand stanley becher referenda as well.Spanish European Affairs Minister Carlos Westendorp, who chairs the group, insisted yesterday 25 October that the treaty had to be simplified , although several members have warned of the practical problems involved.The Parliament-commissioned report prepared by Dr Roland Bieber, of the Universit茅 de |
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