The European Parliament has called for a blacklist of corrupt governments to be set up so that EU development aid money is not directed to crooked pockets.
MEPs on Thursday (6 April) voted in favour of a report by Dutch socialist MEP Margrietus Van den Berg which also called for more transparent and effective EU aid and for rules that would keep banks from lending to nations that make it onto the blacklist.
The EU says it is the world’s biggest aid donor with its 25 member states ...
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