EU vice-president and Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili is ARRESTED by Belgian police in 'Qatar lobbying scandal': Politician is suspended from her party amid corruption claims
Ms Kaili is a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and was voted in as one of 14 vice-presidents in January 2022. She has been an MEP since 2014.
The BBC adds this snippet.
The day of the arrests, 9 December, is international anti-corruption day, designated by the UN and also marked by the European Parliament.
Corruption costs the EU economy between €179bn and €990bn a year, representing up to 6% of EU GDP in lost tax revenue and investment, according to a 2016 estimate cited in a document published by the European Parliament to mark the day.
And still nobody is surprised.
The day of the arrests, 9 December, is international anti-corruption day, designated by the UN and also marked by the European Parliament.
Corruption costs the EU economy between €179bn and €990bn a year, representing up to 6% of EU GDP in lost tax revenue and investment, according to a 2016 estimate cited in a document published by the European Parliament to mark the day.
And still nobody is surprised.
6 comments:
Corruption is is bad not because of the impact on society, but because the EU countries cannot tax it. Not exactly a good moral justification.
I hope the EU is monitoring the levels of corruption in its constituent member states. It would be a violation of their core principles if some countries were allowed to systematically benefit from corruption more than others.
I understand France is no slouch when it comes to the race for corruption, especially round the coastal regions.
DJ - no it isn't a good moral justification. They seem comfortable with petty corruption though, as if concerned that big corruption scandals might endanger their smaller scams.
Sam - good point, a level playing-field for scams should be their prime objective.
Tammly - and Spain from what I hear.
"Corruption costs the EU economy between €179bn and €990bn a year..."
Not convinced.
The EU loses the money, sure, but somebody gets the money instead, and I bet they do more productive and useful things with it than the EU would have done.
Also, what DJ said.
Peter - yes, it's impossible to imagine the EU making productive use of the money.
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