Transparency & Corruption

Together with a group of organisations that defend whistleblowers and the Whistleblowers International Network (WIN), EPSU has demanded the Ukrainian President to reverse amendments that would weaken a law that protects whistleblowers.

EPSU has signed an open letter to the upcoming Portuguese EU Council Presidency on corporate influence and transparency.

Together with 90 other organisations EPSU highlighted the conflict of interest in the awarding of a public policy contract to BlackRock Investment Management in April this year.

A group of private water operators tried to block the discussion of the report on “The Privatisation of Water and Sanitation Services” of the United Nations (U.N.). 150 organisations including EPSU and PSI intervened to keep it on the agenda.

A group of organisations have sent a letter to European Commission President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Vice-President Jourová, and Commissioner-designate McGuinness to urge them to address the matter of “revolving doors”

In an open letter, which has received the support of 600 organisations from more than 90 countries plus European and international organisations, EPSU calls on governments and the EU to take action to prevent the wave of ISDS cases that put at risk an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defenders of the public interest are often confronted with socalled gag lawsuits.

EPSU and several other trade unions and organisations have sent an open letter to the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Croatian MEPs and the Croatian Permanent Representation to the EU

As Charles Michel prepares to take office as President of the European Council, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has sent him an open letter outlining ten crucial challenges that he must address during his term, relating to the rule of law and transparency.

Workers exposing breaches or abuses of EU law will be protected from retaliation from their employers across the EU.

EPSU and PSI recently signed up to a broad alliance that is campaigning to end Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement (ISDS), a parallel justice system only accessible to corporations.

The report looks at all the different ways that corporate lobbies use member states to influence EU decision-making: Council of the EU, rotating presidencies, European Council, comitology etc.

Tomorrow 12 December Members of the European Parliament will be voting on the Horizon Europe regulation and programme.

In its resolution on the Cum-Ex Files the European Parliament calls for four key measures including the need to invest in tax authorities, instead of axing jobs, and structured cross-border cooperation, as called for by EPSU.

EPSU welcomes vote on whistleblowers’ protection directive in EP’s legal affairs committee