PARLIAMENT MUST MAKE MEPS DISCLOSE EARNINGS, SAYS TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
August 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Parliament must “urgently reform” its ethics system, according to anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, which claims MEPs including former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage, Italian Socialist Renato Soru and French Christian Democrat Michèle Alliot-Marie have not properly accounted for their earnings.
Under the parliament’s ethics rules tightened January 2017, MEPs must give full details of non-parliamentary activities bringing in more than EUR10,000 a month. But seven members, including these three ...
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