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EU citizens deserve to know more about how Recovery funds are spent and who benefits, write Krzysztof Izdebski and Dragoș Pîslaru.

EU enlargement: pushing Bosnia and Herzegovina EU to get candidate status. More border controls are expected in Central Europe.

Member states blame data privacy laws for lack of transparency in the bloc's biggest economic stimulus package.

This is the first time the EU has raised money collectively – some called it Europe's New Marshall Plan – and if the process is seen to fail, it could shatter the frail trust in the European project.