Code of Conduct EP

Following the Sunday Times lobby scandal, most MEPs say lobbyists should be more strictly controlled and members must face sanctions if they sell political influence. Watch it at: http://bit.ly/i4oBQ4.

Paul de Clerck, spokesperson of ALTER-EU and campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, talked with a French journalist about lobbying transparency and the latest scandal involving members of the European Parliament that tabled amendments in return for money or lucrative lobby jobs in a 'sting' operationthe of the UK paper 'the Sunday Times'.

Gegen den ehemaligen Innenminister und EU-Parlamentarier Ernst Strasser wurden Ermittlungen wegen Korruption eingeleitet. Wo endet Lobbyismus und wo beginnt Korruption? Ist die Macht finanzstarker Lobbyisten demokratiepolitisch noch vertretbar? (http://bit.ly/fA6aBl)