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"The rule of law 'is not something which helps you in winning elections. On the contrary, suppressing it often is a means nowadays to get elected', [EU General Court President Marc] Van der Woude said." on.ft.com/4jPvEwr

🔥 EU prosecutors have sued the European Court of Auditors for refusing to allow its staff to testify in a fraud probe into the former president. The lawsuit marks the escalation of a conflict that has been brewing for years. Our full story: ftm.eu/articles/eu-co…

Brussels prosecutors are on a partial strike because of the under-financing of the justice system. Interesting addition in the PR: "Given the alleged shortage of public funds, [we] will primarily focus on cases of government corruption, embezzlement of public funds..." 🔥

Welke invloed hebben landen als China, Rusland en Qatar op de Europese besluitvorming? Op 13 mei ga ik hierover in debat met Thijs Reuten 🇪🇺🌹, Lousewies van der Laan van Transparency International Nederland en Belgisch inlichtingenexpert Kennet Lasoen. Wees welkom! deburen.eu/programma/buit…

In today's edition of our EU newsletter on fraud and corruption in the EU: ▶️ Update on the negotiations about new EU-wide corruption rules ▶️ EU prosecutors keep shaking establishment with lawsuit against auditors ▶️Voice of Europe probe ‘still ongoing’ ftm.eu/articles/europ…

📣 Save The Date ! Join us on 10 June at our conference on Corruption Trends and The Role of Investigative Journalism, in Belgium and beyond ! 💬 With #Qatargate judge Michel Claise and Follow the Money EU's Lise Witteman and Simon Van Dorpe 🔗Register here: billetweb.fr/conference-10t…

🚨 Investigation Admiral: 10 individuals and 13 companies convicted in 🇵🇹 for a major international VAT fraud. Main defendants sentenced to effective sentences of between 7 and 8 years in prison, with over €80 million confiscated. More: eppo.europa.eu/en/media/news/…

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Similarly to a rule-of-law conditionality, EU Chief Prosecutor European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Laura Kövesi calls for a “judicial cooperation conditionality” with countries outside the EU “to cripple the financial power of organised criminal groups in Europe” #ABC2025

There are no words for this kind of grief. A Ukrainian couple watches the ruins of their home in Kyiv — destroyed by a russian drone. Somewhere beneath the rubble lies their son. Don't close your eyes! Don't shut your hearts!

Without the phrase after the comma, the picture gets a whole new dimension 🐷

‼️ In March, Huawei’s EU corruption scandal made headlines across the world. Today, Follow the Money EU returns with an insider perspective: 10 former staffers shared their experience with the tech giant’s Brussels office … and its rogue lobbyist. Read for free today ftm.eu/articles/huawe…

“Ottati was screaming through the office, ‘this MEP is on my payroll’,” a former Huawei employee said. Our reporters dug into a key figure in the Huawei corruption scandal. What they found is astonishing: his colleagues had warned management for years about his behaviour.

🆕 The 4 candidates to lead EU antifraud office OLAF are Petr Klement (EPPO), Joanna Krzeminska-Vamvaka (EEAS, Former OLAF), Ladislav Hamran (Eurojust President until January) and Gabriele Failla (Guardia di Finanza). They will be heard by EU Parliament CONT committee on 14 July

Central Europe well represented in the race to lead European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), with (in order of appearance) a Czech, a Polish and a Slovak candidate. Italian candidate is most likely to drop as CONT Committee Press and EU Council bring down list to 3, we hear

Renew Europe condemns the assault on democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria, exemplified by the arrest of Varna Mayor Blagomir We stand in solidarity with the 🇧🇬 opposition & all citizens fighting for democratic integrity 👇Valérie Hayer reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-07-1…

🆕 Police in June searched the home of Jean-Claude Fontinoy, the longtime right-hand man of former EU Justice chief Didier Reynders, as part of the ongoing money laundering probe into Reynders ftm.eu/articles/didie…

🚨Whatever happened to Didier Reynders, the former justice commissioner whose houses were raided back in December on suspicions of money laundering? Well, the case is still hot: the home of his long-time ally was raided in June, we now reveal. via Simon Van Dorpe Link below👇

📣 The European Parliament wants EPPO candidate Peter Klement to lead European anti-fraud office OLAF. The order still needs to be endorsed by EU countries (should not be an obstacle, I’m told). The Commission will have the final say, but this order will be hard to ignore