Why Transparency International EU decided to leave X:

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Transparency International EU is leaving Twitter/X. We will not actively contribute to a platform that contradicts our own ethos.

At Transparency International EU, we value political and electoral integrity, accountability, transparency, democracy, fundamental rights and respect for the rule of law. It is abundantly clear that Twitter/X's ownership does not.

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What does the climate crisis have to do with corruption? We explain it in this video. #COP29

At this week's @Transparency_HU full house international conference Annemie Turtleboom, chair of @EUauditors: #conditionality regimes should not become a ticking the box exercise. @TI_EU' s director, Nick Aiossa: current #ruleoflaw toolkit should be used more effectively.

We and 111 other organisations sent an open letter to EU climate chief @WBHoekstra with a simple request: don't bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the COP this year.

✉️ Read the full letter here 👇
transparency.eu/112-organisati…

The election observation mission "My Vote" (@gevote24) provides concrete evidence of election rigging in Georgia, published by local media in the form of photos and video recordings—220+ files in total—documenting violations observed on election day. #Gvote24

The evidence is violation:

The election observation mission "My Vote" (@gevote24) presents concrete evidence of election rigging in Georgia in the form of photos and video recordings—around 360+ files in total—documenting violations collected on election day.

This is just a sample containing supporting ed numerous additional violations, which are detailed in our Election Day statements.

The evidence is categorized by type of violation:

Lucid analysis here on the outstanding rule-of-law deficiencies within the EU itself.

Well worth a read!

(And not just because we're shouted out here: transparency.eu/qatargate-refo…)

📢 New Report: Making Access to EU Documents a Reality

Today, we release targeted recommendations for EU institutions on how to address the practical challenges many face when exercising their right to access EU documents.

Read the full report here: access-info.org/2024-10-28/mak…

🎉INTEGRITY WATCH EUTURNS 10!🎉

Our flagship platform to monitor the lobby activities at the @EU_Commission and the @Europarl_EN is officially a decade old. We've come a long way since our humble beginnings: here's a thread to get you up to speed.

Here's the full run-down of how we help journalists, academia and civil society hold the EU to account⬇️

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And a HUGE thank you to our developer, @C_Girardelli, whose code has allowed these achievements in the first place. 🎉