Tag: Transparency
Richter entscheidet gegen die Offenlegungsbestimmung des Corporate Transparency Act
Ein Richter in Alabama untersagte der Regierung die Erfassung bestimmter Unternehmenseigentumsdaten, um das Finanzministerium bei der Identifizierung von Geldwäschern zu unterstützen, und bezeichnete die Bemühungen als einen Fall von Übergriffen des Kongresses.
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The golden couple at the heart of Europe’s Qatargate scandal – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — Eva Kaili and Francesco Giorgi had left nothing to chance.
The duo that would later become the most famous — many would say infamous — couple in the European Union capital had been gearing up for this moment for years.
As Qatar prepared to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, they were among the Gulf state’s fiercest advocates in Brussels, defending its record on human rights and fending off criticism of its treatment of migrant workers.
And now,
5 tripwires ahead for Scotland’s Humza Yousaf – POLITICO
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LONDON — For Scotland’s embattled first minister, this might be as good as it gets.
Humza Yousaf has spent much his first few months as leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party dealing with the fallout from the dramatic arrest of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon and other senior SNP figures.
And the ongoing police probe into the SNP’s finances is not all Yousaf has on his plate when Scottish
UFO whistleblower, GOP lawmaker urge increased transparency on Pentagon’s UAPs program: ‘It’s beyond belief’
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves and Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., urged more transparency from the U.S. government on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) after a historic congressional hearing with military whistleblowers.
Graves and Burchett discussed allegations of the Pentagon’s secretive handling of UAPs and programs related to crash retrieval and reverse engineering on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.”
“Congress is now talking about this in a way they haven’t before, and I think even some of the members that
Nips, tucks and paperwork – POLITICO
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STRASBOURG — The European Parliament’s response to Qatargate: Fight corruption with paperwork.
When Belgian police made sweeping arrests and recovered €1.5 million from Parliament members in a cash-for-influence probe last December, it sparked mass clamoring for a deep clean of the institution, which has long languished with lax ethics and transparency rules, and even weaker enforcement.
Seven months later, the Parliament and its president, Roberta Metsola, can certainly claim
Michael Gove wants Britain to have more houses — but isn’t meeting the builders – POLITICO
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LONDON — He may be promising to tackle the U.K.’s housing crisis, but homebuilders say Michael Gove keeps giving them the cold shoulder.
According to quarterly transparency data published by his department, Britain’s housing secretary did not log a single meeting with any of the U.K.’s major house builders or their industry groups in the first quarter of this year.
Industry reps expressed dismay at the data, accusing Gove
Ratcliffe Faults Biden Administration For Lack Of UFO Transparency
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said there should be “more transparency” following a congressional hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), popularly known as UFOs.
The Biden administration “made the decision to really not reveal much and now you end up with House Republicans having to have these public hearings,” Ratcliffe said during an interview with Fox host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“I believe there should be more transparency on this issue, but not full transparency,” Ratcliffe
Georgia’s EU dreams live or die with Mikheil Saakashvili – POLITICO
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TBILISI, Georgia — Almost every day, Giuli Alasania makes the drive down a dusty highway through the Georgian capital to visit her son, former President Mikheil Saakashvili, in hospital.
“It’s ironic,” she says, fussing over the plastic pots of stewed beans and salads she is bringing for his lunch, “when he was president, he built this clinic. Now he’s dying in it.”
Ailing and imprisoned, Saakashvili holds Georgia’s future
Why Britain’s lobbying crackdown isn’t really a crackdown – POLITICO
LONDON — The U.K. is finally promising to tighten its loose lobbying rules after a host of scandals. The trouble is, hardly anyone’s buying the plan.
Ministers chose the last day before the House of Commons kicked off its summer recess to respond to a swathe of recommendations made in three major reports over the past two years. They vowed “fundamental” changes to the U.K.’s transparency rules to ensure the “integrity” of government.
But ethics advocates remain to be convinced,
Only dead people donate to the Scottish National Party – POLITICO
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LONDON — When your most enthusiastic donors are dead people, you might have a problem.
The Scottish National Party — the pro-independence outfit which has dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade — has suffered an exodus of big-money donors.
Its finances are the subject of an ongoing police probe that’s seen the arrest of top party figures.
Separately, subscription-paying members have deserted the party in their thousands,