nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/19a43f9773c41828 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260721s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/19a43f9773c41828 doi eng 342 23 Pohlreich, Erol Author aut The Unfinished Repair - Germany’s Dualism and the Implementation of the New EU Anti-Corruption Directive Pohlreich, Erol Verfassungsblog 2026-07-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The new Directive (EU) 2026/1021, adopted on 29 April 2026, is the most ambitious expression to date of the EU’s anti-corruption architecture. It declares that elected representatives stand under the same anti-corruption standard as civil servants. In substance, that promise fails twice. First, the Directive enables, but does not require, this change. Secondly, the adopted harmonised definition of the “influence offence” fails to capture wrongdoing such as Germany’s mask-contract scandal (“Maskenaffäre”) – monetising mandate-derived political access outside parliamentary proceedings. CC BY-SA 4.0 Deutschland Directive (EU) 2026/1021 EU Maskenaffäre criminal liability dualism influence offence section 108e StGB section 108f StGB (DE-588)4011882-4 gnd Deutschland (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Kotsalis, Philippos-Georgios Author aut Tale Ismaili, Nastaran Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-unfinished-repair/ raw object