Carl Dolan of Transparency International | Marine Le Pen and misuse of EU party funds | Holding far-right populist governments to account | MEP Watch | Making European Parliament voting records available to campaign groups
This week we’re in conversation with Carl Dolan, the outgoing director at the EU office for anti-corruption organisation Transparency International.
Dolan talks about links between populism and corruption at the European Parliament and in Hungary.
We also meet civil society activist Julia Krzyszkowska.
She and data geek Xavier Dutoit struggled — and succeeded — in creating an online tool called MEP Watch. Their goal is helping campaign groups track voting by members of the European Parliament.
James Kanter is co-founder and editor EU Scream. For 12 years he was an EU Correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times based in Paris and Brussels.