Bureaucrats in Brussels are demanding transparency, but they don’t publicize their own assets. It is often heard that the people of Brussels are committed to transparency. International news agency V4NA writes that it is the Brussels bubble that can be the hotbed of corruption, since they do not have to report their wealth.
Bureaucrats in Brussels see transparency as a key element of the principles of the European Union. However, the principle most mentioned was not realized in the Brussels bubble. In this partial world, there is sharp criticism from politicians who do not report their fortunes during their lifecycle and leave the door open to corruption.
Although MEPs are required to submit a statement, they do not have to include any assets in the document. All they have to do is report where they get their representatives’ salaries as well as their fees. However, it is no longer clear how many cars or real estate a particular politician owns, but he does not have to indicate whether he has any investments or debts. Thus, European taxpayers are also unable to trace how the wealth of the residents of Brussels has changed during their tenure.
The main proponents of transparencyfor example Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the liberal ALDE group, but also Manfred Weber, leader of the People’s Party, does not keep his public assets, There are member states where politicians are required to declare all property they own.
By the way, Manfred Weber recently revealed that he appointed his home as his political office in a secluded village, so he “raised” about 400 thousand euros from his budget. V4NA has proven on another occasion that Weber likes to set aside a billless EU financial framework. He also saved the cost of interpreters, a few thousand euros, when he ran for president of the European Commission. He used a rudimentary translator on his election site to translate his campaign texts into all official languages of the European Union.
Members of the European Commission are subject to slightly stricter rules, the so-called They should make a declaration of interest. In doing so, they must report all of their positions over the past 10 years and any financial interests that may create a conflict of interest. But they must also specify the position they hold in the bodies that perform public duties. Frans Timmermans, Vice-Chairman of the Committee in her statement But Although we searched for numbers, only a handful of jobs were shown, and there is no question of income.
Stella Kyriakides has been a little more outgoing in declaring her interest The EU health commissioner only updated the document after the corruption scandal. At first it turned out that 4 million euros had landed in the account of her joint husband, After the signing of contracts for the supply of vaccines to the European Union, which was hit hard. After that, it was also revealed that Kyriakides had been in contact with major vaccine manufacturers for years.
Brussels’ top transparency advocates are unlikely to live in mediocre conditions, international news agency V4NA reportedly filmed in Brussels’ posh paradise, Tervuren. The average European taxpayer should not walk into one of the most expensive and heavily guarded settlements in Europe.
The INA camp was filmed in the jungle of luxury villas as two police officers reached their colleagues within minutes. They searched their car, unpacked their bags, took their phones, and finally erased some data. Even the memory card of the photographer’s camera was taken illegally.
