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20th Apr 2018

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160 arrested in German-Italian anti-mafia blitz

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At least 160 people, including mayors, businessmen and local administrators, were arrested on Tuesday in a large anti-mafia blitz in Italy and Germany combining arrests in southern Italian region of Calabria, base of the 'Ndrangheta mafia group, with raids in four German states. Eurojust, co-ordinating the operation, said local Italian food producers were used as "front companies to launder illicit profits obtained through a wide range of criminal activities".

Macron and Merkel pledge euro reform

France and Germany have pledged to forge a joint position on euro reform by June, despite German reluctance on deeper monetary union.

Analysis

New EU party finance rules short circuit accountability

The EU's latest funding rules for European political parties and their think tanks fails to address the underlying problems of abuse. Instead of tackling the loans and donations culture, it has simply made access to EU funds a lot easier.

Getting secret EU trilogue documents: a case study

On Thursday, the European Parliament will vote on a political deal on organic farming, following 19 months of behind-closed-doors negotiations. EUobserver here details a five-month odyssey to get access to the secret documents that led to the deal.

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