BREAKING: @europarl_en votes for measures to fight corruption. #Qatargate
➜ MEPs can't go straight to lobbying after their mandates
➜ Ban financial ties with lobbyists
➜ Stronger Transparency Register
➜ Anti-corruption Special Committee & Vice President
➜ Ethics body
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreensEFA/status/1603353009274036224
“Today’s vote shows the Parliament stands united in the fight against #corruption” - our co-president @ph_lamberts
"We will root out and prevent corruption across the EU institutions” - our co-president @TerryReintke
🔗Read our press release: http://greens.eu/3Bzy3rq
#Qatargate
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreensEFA/status/1603363394568048642
MEPS voted in favour of our proposal to introduce a cooling-off period for former MEPs to avoid the negative effects of the so-called phenomenon of #RevolvingDoors
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreensEFA/status/1603364548563591169
European Parliament commits to setting up a Committee of Inquiry in order to investigate cases of #corruption and improper actions by non-EU countries seeking to buy influence in the institution.
🔗http://greens.eu/3Bzy3rq #QatarGate
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreensEFA/status/1603365914048708608