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Moldova to receive €101 million in EU funds

The EU on Tuesday announced an aid package of €101 million for Moldova to support its public finance policy reforms and help modernise its agricultural sector. The annual package is part of a larger political and economic trade pact with the EU signed off in late June.

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EU Ombudsman warns of 'new normal' of crisis decision-making

Emily O'Reilly cited the post-pandemic recovery funds, the windfall taxes on energy companies, and the joint purchase of vaccines, as procedures which received limited scrutiny from the national parliaments — as a result of emergency decision-making powers that bypassed parliament.

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How do you make embarrassing EU documents 'disappear'?

The EU Commission's new magic formula for avoiding scrutiny is simple. You declare the documents in question to be "short-lived correspondence for a preliminary exchange of views" and thus exempt them from being logged in the official inventory.

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