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Really? Transparency International is not a government organization but a non-profit registered in Belgium.

edit: HN posting limit is extremely annoying, providing no way for a sustained discussion within multiple threads.

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...Who runs a websites containing a series of announcements and headlines about financial regulation in the E.U.

Next you'll say those aren't true headlines, a la no-true-scotsman.

How exactly the Transparency International website that contains public statements critical of E.U. financial regulation backs up your point?

Because it's proof of E.U. financial regulation. What is your point?

That regulation of some sort exists, not that it is effective or "clamping down"

The Transparency International website that you've linked does talk about financial regulation in the EU, but Transparency International's position is that the regulators have failed - that they have not, in fact, clamped down on fraud and corruption, and that close ties between regulators and the banks they're regulating have made them unwilling to act. You're using a web page criticising regulators for failing to take action as proof that they didn't fail to take action.

I was using it as proof that E.U. financial regulation (however shitty it may seem) isn't new, since TI does a good job as watch dog and lists many examples that date back.

Here's a hint, along with some advice. You can get around the posting limit by clicking on the direct link of the comment you are responding to. Then again, it's there for a reason, so it's probably best to make sure your reply at least has some context and analysis, so the discussion doesn't devolve into a bunch of one line responses, which rarely convey enough information to make the conversation worth while.

Perhaps provide a _Rebuttal N:_ in the relevant post as you provided this edit.

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