European Parliament Adopts Resolution Urging Inclusion of Crypto Assets in the EU Anti-Corruption Strategy
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The European Parliament called on the EU to include crypto-asset risks in its anti-corruption strategy.
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【Members of the European Parliament Push to Include Crypto Assets in the Anti-Corruption Agenda】
Members of the European Parliament called on the European Commission to include corruption risks related to crypto assets, opaque ownership structures, and digital tools in its forthcoming anti-corruption strategy. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a nonbinding resolution outlining the strategy’s policy priorities.
MEPs also called for stronger measures to trace, freeze, confiscate, and recover the proceeds of crime, as well as improved rules on public procurement, conflicts of interest, lobbying, and political financing, alongside stronger protections for whistleblowers and investigative journalists. The European Commission plans to adopt its first anti-corruption strategy by the 2026 end of the year. The strategy will supplement the May EU anti-corruption directive that entered into force, which harmonized the definitions of corruption offenses and minimum penalties across member states.
Key points
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Members of the European Parliament called on the European Commission to include corruption risks related to crypto assets, opaque ownership structures, and digital tools in its anti-corruption strategy.
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The European Parliament adopted a nonbinding resolution.
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MEPs called for stronger measures to trace, freeze, confiscate, and recover the proceeds of crime.
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The European Commission plans to 2026 adopt its first anti-corruption strategy by the end of the year.
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The EU anti-corruption directive entered into force on May, harmonizing the definitions of corruption offenses and minimum penalties across member states.
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This resolution puts forward policy recommendations and will not directly become law. It seeks to ensure that the future EU anti-corruption strategy addresses areas such as crypto assets that may make tracing funds more difficult.
Why it matters to readers
If the relevant recommendations are incorporated into the final strategy, institutions involved with crypto assets may face additional anti-corruption, fund-tracing, and proceeds-of-crime disposal requirements.
For now, this is only a nonbinding resolution; it remains to be seen whether the European Commission’s final strategy will adopt specific measures.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence does not provide a link to the European Parliament’s original resolution.
It remains uncertain whether the final anti-corruption strategy will include specific measures related to crypto assets.
The evidence does not explain how member states will implement the anti-corruption directive that has entered into force.
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