Unsynchronised Europe: Tackling Corruption and Ensuring Transparency in Recovery Funds

A myriad of corruption investigations into recovery funds highlight the need for transparency

30 May 2023

Krzysztof Izdebski

Marcin Król Fellow

While Hungary and Poland are still clamouring to get the EU recovery funds withheld due to rule of law violations, some member states with access suffer systemic corruption from a lack of transparency in reporting.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) fund is supposed to prepare Europe for future crises and make the Member States more efficient. Except that, we don’t always know whether this money is actually being well spent.

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And this is huge money, huge investments and fundamental reforms. The sum total hovers at around 700 billion euros of European taxpayers’ money, borrowed by the EU on the financial markets.

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Krzysztof Izdebski

Marcin Król Fellow

Marcin Król Fellow 2021/2022 at Visegrad Insight and an expert at the Open Contracting Partnership and Stefan Batory Foundation. Member of Consul Democracy Foundation’s Council. He is a lawyer specialized in access to public information and re-use of public sector information. He is the author of publications on freedom of information, technology, public administration, corruption, and public participation. Dziennik Gazeta Prawna listed him as one of the 50 most influential Polish lawyers in 2020.

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