ALTER-EU press releases

ALTER-EU welcomes Parliament vote to accept MEP Code of Conduct but regrets weakening of rules around gifts

Publication date:

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Press release issued by:

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

Transparency campaigners today welcomed the vote of the European Parliament constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) on the proposed Code of Conduct for MEPs [1], but warned that an important loophole on the definition of gifts risks undermining the core of the proposals.

Campaign:

Code of Conduct EP

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Parliament blocks expert groups' budget until safeguards against their capture by special interests and increased transparency are introduced

Publication date:

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Press release issued by:

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

The Plenary of the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of freezing part of the budget for the European Commission's expert groups until new rules are introduced to provide safeguards against their capture by special interests and to improve transparency.

Campaign:

Balanced expert groups

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ALTER-EU verdict on the new Code of Conduct for MEPs - Significant steps forward to improve transparency but further measures needed to avoid conflicts of interest

Publication date:

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Press release issued by:

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU)

ALTER-EU believes that the code of conduct for MEPs that was approved by the Conference of Presidents today is an important step forward to avoid ethics scandals involving MEPs

Campaign:

Code of Conduct EP