Cash for laws scandal 'very damaging' for parliament

Publication date:

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Author:

Martin Banks

Media title:

TheParliament.com

ALTER-EU's Paul de Clerck said, "The cash-for-amendments scandal has exposed not only corruption, but also some very serious broader problems that result from the parliament's far too weak transparency and ethics rules.

Excerpt:

"Parliament's leadership must now act to solve these problems once and for all. This must include a ban on lobby jobs and other second jobs that lead to conflicts of interests for MEPs. Anything less will result in new scandals and a further crumbling of European citizens' trust."

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