Bribes probe sears EU Parliament (with video interview Olivier Hoedeman, ALTER-EU)

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Media title: 
Euronews

Three European Parliament members are under investigation on corruption allegations. The Sunday Times says journalists posing as lobbyists offered 60 MEPs bribes to propose law amendments. Institutional reform group ALTER-EU said: "This scandal could be the tip of the iceberg."

Excerpt: 

Olivier Hoedeman, with ALTER-EU, said: "I am afraid it is not an isolated case. The fact that these three MEPs were so eagerly accepting the deal that was made I think is a very bad sign. It shows that there are MEPs who are corruptible, and I will be surprised that this is only those three."

Link to original article: 
http://www.euronews.net/2011/03/21/bribes-probe-sears-eu-parliament/