🔥 Over the past 5 months, I have been intensively scrutinizing the European Investment Bank, after news broke that former President Werner Hoyer was under investigation for corruption. Turns out it was just the tip of the iceberg. Read our story for free today on Follow the Money EU ftm.eu/articles/scand…

Some truly bizarre stuff going down at the Committee of Regions. From our latest newsletter: mailing.ftm.nl/index.php?acti…

“As his empire continues to grow, could Döpfner court yet more scandal by openly meddling at Politico, and risk his business for his politics?” Lot of interesting bits on Springer in this long read by Alexander Fanta ftm.eu/articles/mathi…

Huawei is suspected of bribing some 15 MEPs to get their public support. For the past months, we've been looking into how Huawei's lobbying efforts might have crossed legal boundaries. Read it for free: ftm.eu/articles/how-h…

Efekt: wielkie opóźnianie państw. O tym: - kim jest Polak przewijający się w dokumentach śledczych - jak Huawei budowało wpływy wśród polityków UE - czym jest korupcja dla Chin mi i Joanna Sosnowska mówią w Techstoriach: Michał Bogusz i Alexander Fanta. Polcam! open.spotify.com/episode/3mtVCQ…

In a first for an 🇪🇺EU body, the bloc's diplomatic service admits it has access to messages in a #Signal group between foreign ministers, writes Alexander Fanta. ftm.eu/articles/eu-si…

Sebastian Kurz ist nach seinem Abschied aus der Politik unter die Unternehmer gegangen. Was der Unternehmer Kurz genau macht, darüber sprechen Stefan Melichar​ und Investigativjournalist Alexander Fanta von der Plattform Follow the Money EU. profil.at/podcasts/ex-ka…

At a time when Huawei’s reputation hit a new low in Brussels, one man kept the doors to politicians open – until he was arrested for alleged bribery. Now, insiders tell FTM that Huawei bosses were aware of Valerio Ottati’s potentially corrupt practices: ftm.eu/articles/huawe…

Really interesting discovery - an Austrian state-owned company sells high-tech equipment to an Iranian conglomerate with ties to the country's nuclear program.

NEW: In the Pfizergate latest, the E.U. has provided The New York Times with a fuller description of what happened to text messages exchanged between President von der Leyen and the Pfizer CEO. Newsy stuff. (Gift link, and the doc is embedded) 1/ nytimes.com/2025/08/01/wor…