DutchNews.nl,
Monday 03 February 2014
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EU
corruption costs 120 bn euros
a year. (Nos/ANP XTRA)
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This is the
Commission's first report on measures to combat corruption within the EU which
costs the European economy some €120bn a year.
At the same
time, three quarters of Europeans think corruption is widespread and 56% think
the level of corruption in their country has increased over the past three
years.
Transparency
While
welcoming the fact that much has been done in the Netherlands to improve
transparency, the Commission went on to recommend improvements in the way the
business interests of ministers are examined.
Officials'
private, financial and business interests are considered a private matter and
information about their assets and interests is not available to the public,
the report points out.
Nor are
there any rules forcing MPs to declare potential conflicts of interest or
barring them from holding financial interests or engaging in external
activities.
The report
also highlights the way former ministers and senior officials can take jobs in
the private sector without any restrictions.
Revolving
doors
'The policy
on ‘revolving doors’ is based on general guidance, focusing on avoiding the
appearance that action taken while in office may have been inappropriate' or
that knowledge obtained by ministers could have been used incorrectly, the
report states.
There was
much criticism when former transport minister Camiel Eurlings joined airline
KLM as head of its freight operations after announcing he was leaving politics.
While a
minister, Eurlings emerged as a strong defender of the airline sector and
dropped a new tax on air travel within a year of its introduction after strong
lobbying by airlines.
Former
prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende became a partner with accountants group
Ernst & Young, and works with clients who are 'active at the interface
between the public and private sectors'.
Current
transport minister Melanie Schultz has also been criticised for failing to give
sufficient detail of her husband's business interests, which involve government
contracts.
Read the report
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"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)
“… The
Shift in Human Nature
You're
starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the
Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an
old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become
intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have
assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later.
That's just ordinary Human nature.
In the
past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were
stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it
was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be
conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger
you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to
conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?
Any country
that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that
the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them
apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense
and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses
in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some
of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the
tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your
children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but
that will also change.
What did
you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually
selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking
away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow
when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession.
However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the
tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and
stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't
like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because
awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what
you're doing. But fear often rules. …”
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