Inside Ireland’s bid for the EU dirty money watchdog – a year-long charm offensive and taking on the Germans
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill explains how Ireland has set itself staunchly against Germany’s position and sought to win support across Europe in its bid to host Europe’s new anti-money laundering authority
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill touched down last week in Warsaw on a mission to charm policymakers. The week before her charm offensive took her to Helsinki, and the week before that Strasbourg.
For months, the junior finance minister has traversed the continent, flying the flag for Ireland’s bid to host the EU’s new dirty money watchdog and holding meetings with finance officials across the bloc.
“I have been doing a huge amount of travel to different capital cities to make the case, either with senior ministers, my counterparts, or officials at a European Union level,” Carroll MacNeill told the Business Post from Brussels.
