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Un solide bouclier

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

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.

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http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/article/703887/un-solide-bouclier.html
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EU parliament set to introduce new code of conduct for MEPs

Publication date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Author: 
Martin Banks
Media title: 
TheParliament

"Alter-EU will be watching how well the new rules are implemented and advocating for new improvements in the run-up to the review that is planned before the next parliamentary elections."

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http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/eu-parliament-set-to-introduce-new-code-of-conduct-for-meps/
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Plenary green-lights new MEP code of conduct

Publication date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Author: 
Gaspard Sebag
Media title: 
Europolitics

On 1 December, an overwhelming majority of MEPs (619 in favour, two against and six abstentions) endorsed a code of conduct for deputies, thereby seeking to modify the EP's rules of procedure and fight conflicts of interest. Its proper implementation will be key to its success.

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http://www.europolitics.info/plenary-green-lights-new-mep-code-of-conduct-art319937.html
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New MEP code of conduct a step forward: now MEPS must do their homework

Publication date: 
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Press release issued by: 
The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

The code will increase transparency and introduce rules to avoid conflicts of interest. ALTER-EU regrets, however, the lack of measures to stop MEPs moving into lobbying jobs without a cooling-off period, and the weakening of proposed rules regarding gifts that would allow MEPs to accept paid trips to luxury destinations from interest groups.

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Strong code is only way to regain trust

Publication date: 
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Author: 
Natacha Cingotti
Media title: 
New Europe

On 1 December, MEPs will vote on the proposed MEPs' Code of Conduct, following its approval by the Constitutional Affairs Committee. Under the proposed rules, MEPs would not be allowed to receive money in order to lobby their colleagues and they would have to declare their outside financial interests in a strict way.

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http://www.neurope.eu/article/strong-code-only-way-regain-trust-friends-earth-europe
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MEPs back new code of conduct after bribery scandal

Publication date: 
Friday, November 18, 2011
Author: 
Philip Ebels
Media title: 
EU Observer

Euro-deputies in the key committee dealing with parliamentary rules on Thursday (17 November) approved a new code of conduct obliging them to more transparency and disclosure after a cash-for-amendments scandal uncovered earlier this year.

Link to original article: 
http://euobserver.com/843/114313
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AFCO rubber-stamps Buzek draft, gift provision weakened

Publication date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Author: 
Gaspard Sebag
Media title: 
Europolitics

Making minor changes, the members of the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) rubber-stamped [..] the draft code of conduct for MEPs [...]. CEO (member of ALTER-EU) [...] points out the weakening of the provision concerning gifts and the importance of proper implementation.

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http://www.europolitics.info/institutions/afco-rubber-stamps-buzek-draft-gift-provision-weakened-art318606-39.html
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ALTER-EU welcomes Parliament vote to accept MEP Code of Conduct but regrets weakening of rules around gifts

Publication date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Press release issued by: 
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.

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