The EU commission scrapped plans to publish a report on anti-corruption efforts throughout EU states.
When pressed to explain why, EU commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas on Thursday (2 February) refused to speculate.
"For the commission, the fight against corruption is not in any way an attempt to interfere or offer value judgments within the political life in a member state," Schinas told EUobserver.
At the time of the publication of the first report in February 201...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.