Five institutions now have to answer one simple question: if this is transparent, why can’t citizens verify it?

I sent five formal journalistic notifications to the five EU institutions whose mandates, under the Treaties, the Financial Regulation, and their own founding regulations, cover the oversight of EU grants to non-profit organisations. Each letter carries a reference number. Each letter offers seven working days for a written, attributable response. Every response received will be published in full. Every silence will be published as a silence, with the date of the letter and the date of the deadline that passed.