The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
Transparency campaigners today welcomed the vote of the European Parliament constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) on the proposed Code of Conduct for MEPs [1], but warned that an important loophole on the definition of gifts risks undermining the core of the proposals.
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
The Plenary of the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of freezing part of the budget for the European Commission's expert groups until new rules are introduced to provide safeguards against their capture by special interests and to improve transparency.
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)
ALTER-EU believes that the code of conduct for MEPs that was approved by the Conference of Presidents today is an important step forward to avoid ethics scandals involving MEPs