On Monday 17 April in Strasbourg, the European Parliament’s Bureau formally adopted a reform, politically agreed in March, of the rules governing the activities of MEPs after they leave office (see EUROPE B13141A23).
From the beginning of May, MEPs whose term of office has ended will not be allowed to lobby the European Parliament for a “cooling-off period” of six months. At the end of this period, in order to carry out new lobbying activities, they will have to register with the EU...