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Civil society Oversight

Calls for transparency in the wake of the Qatargate corruption scandal

Universal expressions of outrage are swiftly followed by calls for greater transparency.

Implicated MEPs Eva Kaili and Antonio Panzeri of the European Parliament’s Social Democratic Group (image: Wikipedia creative commons).
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Jurisprudence

Court limits protection of inspections exception in case against OLAF

EU spending watchdog OLAF loses access to documents case against Hungarian civil association after Court finds the protection of inspections cannot serve as a reason to refuse access after such inspections are closed.

Not as bright as on the brochure? Inhabitants of Gyál wanted to know whether their street lighting company had done more than a sloppy job. Image: excerpt from the Elios website.
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