On Tuesday 13 June, apart from the EPP Group, the S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and The Left Groups strongly criticised the recent proposal for an interinstitutional agreement to set up a European body whose main task would be to develop common standards on ethics and integrity in public life (see EUROPE B13197A14).
For Gabriele Bischoff (S&D, German), the Commission’s proposal aims to create “a kind of coordination forum” that introduces “no binding rules” for the European...