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One year on from MEP scandal: Parliament must be strict on implementation of ethics code to avoid new scandals

Publication date: 
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

One year after the ‘cash-for-amendments’ scandal, ALTER-EU warns that the new ethical code introduced does not include all the safeguards necessary to prevent another ‘lobbygate’.

Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EP
 

Open letter to President and Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament about implementation of the new code of conduct

Publication date: 
Monday, January 23, 2012
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The importance of effective implementation of the code, including clear definitions, became evident last week when a news medium reported that the CEO of the Finnish Chamber of Commerce intended to take the seat as MEP from March 1st, without giving up the job as chair of the lobby group.

Download full document as pdf: 
alter-eu_letter_to_parliament_bureau_-_23_january_2012.pdf
Document types: 
open letters
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EP
 

A champion of transparency?

Publication date: 
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Author: 
Koen Roovers
Media title: 
European Voice
Teaser: 

The next president of the Parliament must make sure the new code of conduct is fully implemented.

Link to original article: 
http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/a-champion-of-transparency-/73177.aspx
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EP

Un solide bouclier

Publication date: 
Friday, December 2, 2011
Author: 
AFP
Media title: 
La Libre
Teaser: 

Les allégations de corruption, même limitées à un petit nombre de députés, cela ternit l’image d’une assemblée. Soucieux de sa réputation, le Parlement européen s’est doté d’un "code de conduite" qui protègera, dès le 1er janvier 2012, les parlementaires de tout conflit d’intérêts.

Link to original article: 
http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/article/703887/un-solide-bouclier.html
Campaign: 
Code of Conduct EP

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