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Council of Europe evaluates anti-corruption progress in Ireland

Sep 24, 2024Benedict GeppertNews

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published a compliance report on Ireland, assessing the country’s progress in implementing recommendations from GRECO’s 2022 evaluation report on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. In today’s report, GRECO concludes that Ireland has satisfactorily implemented one of the eighteen recommendations set out in the…

EP president says balance key to EU migration policy

Sep 13, 2024Benedict GeppertInterview

In this interview — conducted before Germany’s decision to re-introduce border checks — EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola spoke about disinformation, migration and the right-wing surge in the EU election. Right before the EU elections in June, the then European Parliament media chief Jaume Duch told me that an information war is being waged against the…

Combatting corruption: Council adopts position on EU law

Sep 3, 2024Benedict GeppertNews

In order to step up efforts in the fight against corruption, the Council today agreed its position on an EU law that sets minimum standards for the definition and sanctioning of corruption offences, preventive measures and rules for more effective investigation and prosecution. The law’s main novelty is that, for the first time at EU…

New Parliament, unchanged support for Ukraine

Jul 17, 2024Benedict GeppertHuman rights

On the initiative of the EPP Group, the newly elected MEPs today reaffirm the European Parliament’s continued support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. In a Resolution to be voted on later today, MEPs will also reconfirm the EU’s unwavering commitment to provide political, financial, economic, humanitarian,…

EU-wide corporate criminal law on the horizon: Council submits revised directive on combating corruption

Jul 1, 2024Benedict GeppertNews

The Council of the European Union has agreed on a modified text in the ongoing legislative process for a new directive on combating corruption in the EU. According to the directive, companies could face turnover-based fines and other drastic sanctions. At the same time, the European legislator points out what companies can do right now…

Environment Commissioner eyes key green role in European Parliament

Jun 18, 2024Benedict GeppertInterview

By Robert Hodgson EURONEWS: You’re joining the Greens at a time when they’ve just taken a bit of a battering, losing 18 of 71 seats. Do you see this as a worrying sign of falling public support for climate and environmental action, and the end of the Green Wave we saw in 2019, or is the…

A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 European Elections

May 15, 2024Benedict GeppertHuman rights

Between 6 and 9 June 2024 voters in all 27 EU member states will go to the polls to elect 720 members of the European Parliament. These will be the first European elections since Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and conflicts in Ukraine and in the Middle East that have polarized Europe. The European Parliament is the only EU institution…

Vacancy at the EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine: Civil Society Expert

May 8, 2024Benedict GeppertNews

The EU Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine (EUACI) is launching a new phase for 2024-2027 and is looking for an experienced and committed Civil Society Expert who will be responsible for the initiative’s work with civil society organisations and independent investigative media. The Expert will contribute to the design, implementation, and supervision of the EUACI grants…

EU Parliament Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law

Apr 24, 2024Benedict GeppertHuman rights

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 374 to 235 to adopt the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a key piece of legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment, clearing a major hurdle towards the implementation of the new law, which came into significant doubt…

Schwarzer: The EU should strive to be enlargement-ready by 2030 and encourage candidates to fulfil the accession criteria

Apr 6, 2024Benedict GeppertInterview

by Aleksandar Ivković The discussion of the enlargement of the European Union was given an impetus last September with the report by the Franco-German expert working group on EU institutional reform. The document proposed, among other initiatives, that the Union should be ready to accept new members by 2030. It was subsequently presented to Member States, which are…