ALTER-EU media coverage

Campaigners call for new ethics rules for MEPs

Publication date: 
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Author: 
Martin Banks
Media title: 
TheParliament.com

Transparency campaigners have called for a “root and branch” overhaul of ethics rules for MEPs." ALTER-EU: "This scandal was an accident waiting to happen"

Link to original article: 
http://www.theparliament.com/latest-news/article/newsarticle/campaigners-call-for-new-ethics-rules-for-meps/

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."

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

Lobbyisten-Affäre: NGO fordert verpflichtendes Lobbyistenregister

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Author: 
Austria Press Agency
Media title: 
Tiroler Tageszeitung

Anlässlich der Lobbyisten-Affäre um Ex-ÖVP-Delegationsleiter Ernst Strasser und andere EU-Parlamentarier fordert die „Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU“ (ALTER-EU) strengere Gesetze für Abgeordnete des europäischen Parlaments und ein verpflichtendes Lobbyistenregister.

Link to original article: 
http://www.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/Nachrichten/NachrichtenTicker/2438660-53/lobbyisten-aff%C3%A4re-ngo-fordert-verpflichtendes-lobbyistenregister.csp

Corruption présumée: le Parlement promet de tirer les leçons

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Author: 
AFP
Media title: 
Tribune de Genève

Le Parlement européen a promis lundi de mener une enquête détaillée sur les accusations de corruption pesant sur trois de ses élus, dont deux ont démissionné, et de réfléchir à des "implications plus larges pour l'institution" et son fonctionnement.

Link to original article: 
http://www.tdg.ch/depeches/monde/corruption-presumee-parlement-promet-tirer-lecons

European Drug Regulator Puts Limits on Ex-Director

Publication date: 
Monday, March 21, 2011
Author: 
Jeanne Whalen
Media title: 
MarketWatch

Europe's main drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency, said it is setting new limits on the business activities of its former executive director, Thomas Lonngren, after European legislators and transparency groups (among which ALTER-EU) complained that his health-care consulting activities presented possible conflicts of interest.

Link to original article: 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/story/print?guid=193663be-53db-11e0-96b8-012128040cf6
Snapshot original article (pdf): 
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