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    Corruption in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and beyond

    Shorouk Express For many European countries, especially those in the north-west, the annual publication of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) provides an opportunity for self-congratulation. Being less corrupt – or at least appearing less corrupt – than the rest of the world is something at which these countries excel. Denmark can congratulate itself for…

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    Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM

    Shorouk Express Coalition talks between De Wever’s right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Francophone center-right Reformist Movement (MR), the Francophone centrist Les Engagés, the centrist Christian Democrat and Flemish Party and the center-left Flemish Vooruit party — dubbed the “Arizona” coalition after the colors of the American state’s flag — hit multiple bumps in the…

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