How Europe’s democracy can avoid ending up like the US

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Further reading from Follow the Money EU:
Almost 1 in 4 EU lawmakers involved in scandals or breaking the law: https://www.ftm.eu/articles/european-parliamentarians-involved-in-hundreds-of-scandals?
Ursula’s secret text messages: what happens in the Commission, stays in the Commission (says the Commission): https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ursula-von-der-leyen-text-messages?share=M3NzeJumh1a55KyjXFt8DrvO3v%2BE6rCEF9sIPjfQxLmhKDCMLoy0EV8JFhT2QC8%3D
EU Misconduct investigation: https://www.ftm.eu/files/the-eu-misconduct-investigation

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:33 Is the EU actually getting more corrupt
and undemocratic?
04:42 Follow the Money EU
09:24 Is corruption a slippery slope?
13:51 Conclusion and support

Sources:
https://www.moneymacro.rocks/2025-04-14-Brussels-corruption/

Attribution:
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty

Narrated and produced by Dr. Joeri Schasfoort

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