The Unfinished Repair - Germany’s Dualism and the Implementation of the New EU Anti-Corruption Directive Pohlreich, Erol Author aut Kotsalis, Philippos-Georgios Author aut Tale Ismaili, Nastaran Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-07-21 eng
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 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 Pohlreich, Erol Deutschland Directive (EU) 2026/1021 EU Maskenaffäre criminal liability dualism influence offence section 108e StGB section 108f StGB Deutschland EU 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-unfinished-repair/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/19a43f9773c41828 260721 10.59704/19a43f9773c41828 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)