Corruption case in European Parliament: • Table.Briefings

The debate about a European ethics body is as old as the current EU Commission: Ursula von der Leyen promised as early as 2019 to set up an independent body. Nothing happened – apart from a largely inconsequential resolution by the European Parliament in September 2021. But now, there finally seems to be some movement on the issue.

Driven by the corruption scandal in the European Parliament and the threat of damage to the EU’s image, von der Leyen on Dec. 12, for the first time after a long break, publicly declared her support for the project. The scandal had shown that the EU needed „the highest standards,“ von der Leyen said. „In my opinion, it would be right for us to set up an ethics body,“ she said.

Corruption case in European Parliament: new push for ethics body

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