Transparency International Liaison Office to the European Union

EU Legislative Interests

TI EU aims to prevent corruption and promote integrity, transparency and accountability in EU institutions policies and legislation. As of 2025, TI EU follows these EU legislative proposals and policies: Proposal for a Directive COM (2023) 697 final establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries Proposal for a Directive COM (2023)234 final on combating corruption IIA agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the European Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions, establishing an interinstitutional body for ethical standards for members of institutions and advisory bodies referred to in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union Proposal COM/2022/247 for a COUNCIL DECISION on adding the violation of Union restrictive measures to the areas of crime laid down in article 83 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union EU Rule of law Mechanism and associated Rule of Law reports (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Discharge reports of the main EU institutions Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Revision of the European Parliament internal rules of procedures, including rules pertaining to the publication of lobby meetings, general expenditure allowances and MEP declarations of private interests Revision(s) of respective EU institutional internal rules pertaining to whistleblower protection Revision of the EU procurement Directives Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget In addition, our office close monitors the following EU policy areas with a view to engaging in awareness raising and/or advocacy activities vis-à-vis the EU institutions as and when the opportunity presents itself: Implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering package and establishment of AML authority Ongoing response of the EU institutions to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine Ongoing attacks against civil society organisations co-funded through EU grants EU Enlargement package 2025 National transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law Transparency of the legislative process, including trilogues negotiations Implementation of Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents Anti-corruption provisions in the European Semester reports Revision of the Multi-annual Financial Framework

Communication Activities

The latest information on our communication activities and our publications can always be found on our websites: https://transparency.eu for general information https://transparency.eu/publications/ for our publications Transparency International EU is also active on Linkedin, Instagram (transparencyeu) and BlueSky (@transparency-eu.bsky.social). TI EU is no longer active on X (formerly known as Twitter). Its dormant account handle is @TI_EU. Recent EU-related publications include (can all be found on our website): - 2025 Briefing: MEP lobby meetings - 2025 Briefing: MEP-led lobby organisations - 2025 Briefing: State of Play of the EPPO - 2025 Briefing: European Court of Auditors report on Transparency of funding of NGOs - 2025 Briefing: New Commission lobby meetings data - 2025 Briefing: effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia - 2025 Briefing: Anti-corruption priorities under EU enlargement - 2024 Briefing: lobby transparency in the EU - 2024 Election Manifesto - 2024 Report: Fossil Fuel Influence on European Commission - 2024 Report: MEP side activities - 2024 Policy Position: Defence of Democracy Package - 2024 Opinion piece: limitations of EU sanctions - 2024 Opinion piece: triggering Article 7(2) against Hungary - 2023 Policy Brief on Conflict-of-Interest Risk in European Parliament - 2023 Infographic on EU Restrictive Measures - 2023 Briefing on Transparency in MEP Travel Declarations - 2023 Report on Qatargate, six months on - 2022 Policy brief on the proposed EU anti-money laundering package - 2022 Report on 12 things the EU can do NOW to Help Ukraine - 2022 Briefing "Has the EU done all it can to help Ukraine?" - 2021 Report on big tech lobbying activities within the EU institutions - 2021 Reports on the European Union Integrity System - 2021 Report on Asset Recovery - 2020 Report on the use of open data for political integrity in the EU - 2020 Report on tax affair's of the European Banking sector - 2019 Report on The Eurogroup’s Accountability - 2019 Report on Asset Recovery Transparency International EU manages EU Integrity Watch online database containing information on EU lobbying activities in the European Commission and the European Parliament, declarations of financial interests published by MEPs as well as on EU public procurement notices: https://www.integritywatch.eu/ All information for the activities of the global movement of Transparency International can be found here: www.transparency.org

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Transparency International EU is part of the Transparency International movement, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Transparency International is a global network including more than 100 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation. These bodies fight corruption in the national arena in a number of ways. TI’s global network of chapters and contacts also use advocacy campaigns to lobby governments to implement anti-corruption reforms. Transparency International as a global movement works with a large number of other actors on specific aspects – national governments, international organisations, civil society, media, the private sector and individual citizens. Transparency International EU is a member of: UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) Civil Society Coalition - https://uncaccoalition.org/ Finance Watch - https://www.finance-watch.org/ Civil Society Europe - https://civilsocietyeurope.eu/ European Policy Centre - https://epc.eu/en/ Whistleblowing International Network - https://whistleblowingnetwork.org/Home Open Spending EU Coalition - https://www.open-spending.eu/ People vs Big tech - https://peoplevsbig.tech/ Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) - https://caad.info/

Organisation Members

Transparency International (“TI”) is a democratic, innovative and pluralistic movement that shares a common mission, values and global strategy. Transparency International EU is a separate legal entity like all other organisations that form the TI movement. TI EU leads the activities of Transparency International which are covered by the Transparency Register. This is conducted in close coordination with the Transparency International Secretariat and Transparency International Ukraine as partners of TI EU. National chapters do interact with the institutions on an ad hoc basis however, those interactions are not included in this registration given their separate legal status and governance structures.

Additional Information

Financial information provided covers Transparency International EU’s daily work including advocacy, outreach, research, capacity-building, knowledge sharing and awareness-raising activities.