On Thursday 28 January, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (JURI) debated the functioning and modalities of an ‘EU ethics body’, which the von der Leyen Commission has promised to establish(see EUROPE B12338A7).
“If money can buy decisions and politicians, European citizens will turn away from Europe”, said Daniel Freund (Greens/EFA, Germany), rapporteur on this dossier. He felt that the post-2020 EU budget conferred “greater responsibility” to ensure...