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Big words, small deeds: in the SP’s view, that’s how the European Commission’s anti-corruption policies can be summed up. This was the conclusion drawn at the end of a meeting in the European Parliament at which a number of social organisations concerned with anti-corruption policies did not mince their words when it came to criticising the Commission. The SP Euro-MP expressed complete agreement with the organisations, saying that ‘despite a great deal of urging from the European Parliament and others we’re still waiting for the European Commission’s first anti-corruption report. This report won’t only cover corruption in the member states, but also corruption within EU institutions.’

Why aren’t SP members accused of being xenophobic creeps, asked journalist Elma Drayer in a recent edition of the newspaper for which she works, the national daily Trouw. I have to say we’ve had to answer harder questions than this.