Shorouk Express “We have long said that not enough is being done to ensure transparency in NGO funding — and we meant it,” said Tomáš Zdechovský, lead EPP lawmaker in the budgetary control committee. The EPP said the working group will count with staff to check all the contracts awarded by the Commission to NGOs….
Shorouk Express The PNAT, which opened in 2019 in the aftermath of a string of deadly terror attacks in France, told POLITICO later Monday it is investigating both the murder itself and whether there may have been a conspiracy to commit the act. The office has faced criticism in past cases for not pursuing investigations…
Shorouk Express “Some of us are aware that the rule of law in Italy has deteriorated under the current government,” Greens lawmaker Daniel Freund told POLITICO. Freund pointed to “a difference between the general political perception of Meloni’s government here in Brussels and in Germany and the concrete things happening on the ground.” With that,…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Counter-terror police have launched an urgent probe after two properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer were damaged in suspected arson attacks. Fires broke out…
Shorouk Express Spain’s justice minister said Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife Begoña Gómez broke no rules in hiring an assistant as he testified on Wednesday in a corruption investigation against her, legal sources said. The year-long saga is one of several graft probes involving Sánchez’s family and allies that have embarrassed his leftist government, although…
Shorouk Express BRUSSELS ― The Belgian prosecutor has charged eight people with active corruption, money laundering and criminal organization in an investigation into Huawei’s lobbying activities in Europe, it said in a statement on Friday. The decision comes three weeks after police raids in Belgium and Portugal, as part of a probe into suspected illegal…
Shorouk Express European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi said her office launched an administrative inquiry into potential misconduct by Georgieva days after Bulgarian media reported on apparent links between the magistrate and an alleged criminal. Asked to comment on the matter, EPPO declined. Georgieva claims she was pressured in a campaign related to a high-profile investigation into…
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Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to widen his party’s investigation into allegations of offensive messages on a WhatsApp group, which has already led…
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