Simon Van Dorpe
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Lawyer by training, journalist by trade. Industry, 'Made in Europe', corruption. Follow the Money's EU office @ftm_eu @ftm_nl. https://t.co/SaYmxbPuse
Brussel
Joined March 2011
💥At a closed door meeting today, most EU political parties banded together to block a debate on the corruption scandal at the EEAS from taking place next week
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Mainstream groups rejected calls for a parliamentary debate from the far right
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New: Google has been hit by a European Union investigation over fears it may have abused its dominance by using its own artificial intelligence tools to squeeze out competition:
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Google has been hit by a European Union probe over suspicions the US tech giant is abusing its market power in its rollout of artificial intelligence, days after Meta Platforms Inc. was targeted by a...
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💥 NEW: Israel’s largest defence company, Elbit Systems, has been suspended by NATO’s procurement agency amid a major corruption probe. Belgian police are looking for an Elbit consultant suspected of corruption and criminal organisation
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Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons firm, is implicated in a widening NATO corruption scandal. The military alliance’s procurement agency (NSPA) has suspended the company from bidding on new...
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📣 Ritter also convincingly won the council vote (82 votes v 54 for second candidate) and will be the next European Chief Prosecutor
🔥 After a confident show in this morning's hearing, MEPs want Andrés Ritter, the EPPO's current deputy chief prosecutor to take over from Laura Kövesi. EU countries will soon announce their preferred candidate. If that is Ritter, too, it's settled
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🔥 After a confident show in this morning's hearing, MEPs want Andrés Ritter, the EPPO's current deputy chief prosecutor to take over from Laura Kövesi. EU countries will soon announce their preferred candidate. If that is Ritter, too, it's settled
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The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted its preferred candidates for the post of European Chief Prosecutor.
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📢Deal: 1st ever EU anti-corruption directive! ⚖️common definitions, rules for sanctions 🔎national strategies & publication of data 🤝cooperation for national authorities & EU bodies ℹInfo: https://t.co/OqlQayDAGZ Rapp: Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle (@RenewEurope 🇳🇱)
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MEPs secured new EU measures for the more effective prevention and prosecution of corruption, including reinforced cooperation and greater transparency.
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@collegeofeurope @lecho What it's all about:
Such a great step forward for #EU #Diplomacy, excellent initiative from @JosepBorrellF @eeas @Europarl_EN! Honoured to run & host pilot project for the #EuropeanDiplomaticAcademy in #Bruges & #Natolin @collegeofeurope @coenatolin. Looking forward to welcoming EU young diplomats!
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Former EU foreign chief and rector of the @collegeofeurope Federica Mogherini is in custody, reports @lecho
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Des perquisitions ont été menées, mardi, aux sièges du Collège d'Europe et de la diplomatie européenne pour des soupçons de fraude au marché public. Mardi soir, l'ex-cheffe de la diplomatie europée...
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👀 EU prosecutors are carrying out raids at the College of Europe in Bruges and the EEAS in Brussels as part of a probe into suspected fraud related to EU-funded training for junior diplomats. Three suspects were detained. https://t.co/aY2cDemQok
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For @FTM_eu's latest podcast, I joined @FantaAlexx and @EChatinier to discuss an old obsession: Google's antitrust battles in Brussels. Listen now, on all platforms
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Google is under growing pressure from EU regulators, who are considering breaking up the tech giant over its market dominance. An investigation by FTM revealed how the company’s controversial...
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🔥 NATO procurement chief Stacy Cummings came under fire twice this year from top officials within her agency. They accuse her of not tackling corruption, favouritism and undue interference. @FTM_eu has the documents, with @lalettre_fr and @lesoir
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The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) is mired in a corruption scandal, and top officials have raised concerns about its approach to tackling graft. Internal documents reveal how General...
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More than half of possible fraud cases the European Court of Auditors (ECA) transfers to EPPO/OLAF for further investigation relates to cohesion policy, ECA member Stef Blok says
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‼️ EU prosecutors dropped a probe into EPP chief Manfred Weber and two of his aides (whether EU money was used to pay national party staff). EPPO said today: "there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a criminal offence has been committed"
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⚠️ At a time of exploding military expenditure, the NATO corruption scandal revealed this week by @FTM_eu, @lalettre_fr, @lesoir and @Knack highlights the need to strengthen procurement controls. Read our today's corruption newsletter for the latest ⤵️
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💥 Here’s what you need to know about #Natogate, the corruption scandal that broke today, in 10 tweets #bagsofcash #ammunition #NSPA (link to full stories below)
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Uitgerekend nu onze defensie-uitgaven explosief stijgen, wordt het NAVO-aankoopagentschap @NSPA_NATO getroffen door liefst drie (!) corruptieschandalen. Dat blijkt uit #NATOgate, een onderzoek van @Knack ism @FTM @LaLettre_fr @lesoir.
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Part II: Five things to know about the NATO corruption scandal
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NATO is getting embroiled in a million-euro corruption scandal. At a time that the defence alliance has promised to up its spending, Follow the Money and partners uncovered a network of officials and...
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Read the full stories for free today on https://t.co/wzh3TNuoin Part I: How the US pulled the plug https://t.co/yP1wcXv8Mv
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A NATO corruption scandal made international headlines when several suspects were arrested across Europe in May. Several months later, the U.S. dropped charges against four of them – including a...
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Zooming out: 4 major NATO-related corruption probes in one year, 2 cases being suddenly dismissed by the Trump admin, despite NATO Secretary General Marc Rutte’s claim in May that “we want to get to the root of this”. Looks like daddy disagreed…
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The former official, who saw the documents, concluded that political interference was the only rational explanation. Both cases had very strong evidence, including one with pictures of 130,000 euros in bribes that were paid to an NSPA official
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