MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) were divided, on Thursday 19 November, when they voted on their opinion for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) on the creation of an independent ethical body at EU level (see EUROPE B12338A7).
The final text, which goes against the initial ambition of the rapporteur, Derk Jan Eppink (ECR, Netherlands), and supports the creation of such a body, did not however receive broad support and was...