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More than two decades since mobile phones have made texting ubiquitous, the European Union institutions struggle to square their transparency obligations with leader’s wishes to keep their direct exchanges confidential.

The conundrum became evident earlier this year in closed-door negotiations between policy-makers in the European Commission, the Council of member states, the European Parliament and other EU institutions over a common framework on how to deal with text messages.

    • 0x815@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Bundestag to probe defense minister [von der Leyen] over contracts [2018]

      The investigative committee will examine irregularities in a contract awarded to McKinsey and a €390 million ($442 million) IT contract given to another company that failed to pass through the company’s supervisory board as required.

      It will also investigate whether von der Leyen committed nepotism by hiring Katrin Suder, a former McKinsey consultant, as her deputy to oversee the ministry’s arms procurement section.

      Defense Ministry ‘illegally’ wiped von der Leyen’s phone [2019]

      German parliamentarians are accusing the Defense Ministry of torpedoing an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in its consultant contracts. The ex-defense chief’s phone was wiped after it was declared evidence.

    • CookieJarObserverEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not for texts, for being obviously corrupt and wasting money, the fact that she isn’t in prison is already a declaration of bankruptcy.