CORRUPTION CONTINUES TO TROUBLE THE EU, AS SCANDAL CLAIMS MOUNT
May 1st, 2017
CORRUPTION issues continue to challenge the European Union (EU) as it seeks to renew its popularity amidst the start of the Brexit negotiations and the rule of a French President in Emmanuel Macron who says EU must reform, root-and-branch, or die.
Indeed, his possible future opposite number in Germany, the Social Democrats candidate for Chancellor in its September elections, Martin Schulz, has until last month (April) been under investigation by EU anti-fraud office OLAF into his potential misuse of European Parliament staff. It was alleged that he used ...
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