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    "description": "Hundreds of thousands of euros from alleged bribes stashed in a suitcase. Deleted text messages setting out deals worth billions of euros. There's no shortage of drama in the EU's unofficial capital. <br />\n<br />\nHow is this possible? And how do we keep 'Brussels' under control?<br />\n<br />\nThese are crucial questions for the fledgling democracy that is the European Union \u2013 especially now that leaders with little interest in democratic values are coming to power in a growing number of member states. And the gap between the average European citizens and Brussels\u2019 bureaucracy is enormous.<br />\n<br />\nWho are the watchdogs controlling the EU? And how can they counterbalance the hermetic power of Brussels?<br />\n<br />\nIn this book, investigative platform Follow the Money reveals how the watchdogs watched helplessly from their cage at crucial moments.<br />\n<br />\nWho\u2019s watching Brussels? is an impassioned plea for European supervision with sharp teeth.<br><br>Bio Lise<br />\nLise Witteman (1987) leads the EU desk of the investigative outlet Follow the Money. In 2021 she published her first book about the Dutch industrial lobby in Brussels. She's co-founder of the Brussels-based comedy show The Schuman Show.",
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