Tightening the net on corruption

Corruption ... how widespread is it across the European Union? Citizen surveys show it is perceived a serious threat and one the bloc is losing the fight to contain. Hartley Milner reports on the growing impacts of corruption and how EU legislators are responding.'Corruption' and 'sleaze' are the two words that most readily trip from people's lips at the first whiff of scandal. Such knee-jerk assertions may not carry much evidential weight but do point to growing distrust in EU institutions and