
MEPs force EU parliament’s hand on long-stalled ethics body
Far-right and centre-right factions have long resisted creating such an ethics oversight body, although the vote squeaked through by 296 votes in favour, 292 against.

Far-right and centre-right factions have long resisted creating such an ethics oversight body, although the vote squeaked through by 296 votes in favour, 292 against.

In this edition of the Secrecy Tracker: how Big Tech’s fingerprints ended up on data centre secrecy laws, the European Court of Justice’s €1.2m website “disaster,” and the irony of a closed-door event celebrating transparency. Plus, the EU Ombudsman is facing an AI-fuelled complaint surge.