ALTER-EU media coverage

MEPs, campaigners attack revised code of conduct for commissioners

Publication date: 
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Author: 
Constant Brand
Media title: 
European Voice

MEPs and transparency campaigners have attacked changes to the European Commission's code of conduct for commissioners, claiming that the rules are still inadequate to prevent conflicts of interests.

Link to original article: 
http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/meps-campaigners-attack-revised-code-of-conduct-for-commissioners/70916.aspx

European Commission announces new ethic code in wake of conflict-of-interest scandals

Publication date: 
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Author: 
Bruno Waterfield
Media title: 
The Telegraph

The European Commission has agreed to a new code of conduct for top officials in the wake of a series of conflict-of-interest scandals, but was criticised by anti-corruption groups for not going far enough.

Link to original article: 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8464508/European-Commission-announces-new-ethic-code-in-wake-of-conflict-of-interest-scandals.html

La Commission européenne durcit les règles éthiques de ses membres

Publication date: 
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Author: 
AFP
Media title: 
20minutes

L'exécutif européen a durci mercredi le "code de conduite" de ses commissaires, dans le souci d'empêcher d'éventuels conflits d'intérêts à la suite de plusieurs affaires de pantouflage, mais les ONG anticorruption estiment que cela ne va pas assez loin.

Link to original article: 
http://www.20minutes.fr/article/710437/monde-la-commission-europeenne-durcit-regles-ethiques-membres

Lessons from the cash-for-influence scandal: block MEPs from taking second jobs

Publication date: 
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Author: 
Olivier Hoedeman
Media title: 
New Europe

The cash-for-influence scandal has unleashed, perhaps for the first time ever, a broad debate about the relations between MEPs and industry lobbyists. It has also sparked an important process of drafting stricter ethics and transparency rules for the European Parliament.

Link to original article: 
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/105931.php

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