Posted on 04/08/2025 7:20:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
EU funding of non-governmental organisations is "too opaque", auditors found on Monday in a report set to further fan a heated political tussle over the financing of environmental groups.
The European Union awarded about 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion) to a plethora of NGOs between 2021 and 2023, but public information about who got the money and how it was used is patchy, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said.
"EU funding for NGOs is too opaque and suffers from a lack of transparency," said Laima Andrikiene, the report's lead auditor. "We are not talking about peanuts here," she added, referring to the amounts involved.
Calls for a probe and a halt to the funding have met the resistance of left-wing parliamentarians.
The Socialists and Democrats group last week denounced an "outrageous assault" aimed at silencing civil society efforts to protect the environment.
In one case, one large research institute was categorised as an NGO although its governing body was composed solely of government representatives, it said.
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Sounds likes it’s time for NGOs to morph into something more nefarious.
“Opaque” — LOL. Nice euphemism there. In other words, nobody can peer in to see the corruption and stench.
Climate change grifters gotta grift.
It's what they do.
This is Europe. Not one single bureaucrat there cannot be bought. Even their equivalent of IRS agents.
“information about who got the money and how it was used is patchy”
And how much was kicked back and the political affiliations of these activist termite organizations, which are 99% radical leftists.
They need to be fumigated out of existence.
“Not one single bureaucrat there cannot be bought.”
Your double negative threw me for a moment there.
Sounds like it’s time for Euro-DOGE
Europe is catching up to American means of graft and extortion. Politicians become known as buyable, NGOs use their seemingly good intentions and socially responsible goals to project legitimacy for government handouts from said Politicians with the understanding that a major portion of the award finds its way back to the Politician. If they weren’t so greedy with the ridiculous amounts they award to a fringe organization for a ridiculous cause they would be more likely to get away with it.
Sounds like they need Elon & some Musk-eteers.
Do you see what trouble DOGE has stirred up now?
All going to Muslim ngos
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