I think this is a trend in most European countries, to be honest. It’s all bordering on corruption, and on the EU-level, transparency is typically worse than on a national level.

Our prime minister in NL recently got away with using a Nokia 3310 to circumvent SMS retention laws, which could only keep a history of 20 messages. Of course, he cannot remember anything important he deleted. His excuse was that only this particular Nokia provided him with worldwide coverage.

It’s really sad that this type of behavior is the status quo for one of the more developed regions of the world.