EU co-legislators were due to begin trilogue negotiations on the anti-corruption directive in Strasbourg on the evening of Monday 16 June, which both sides hoped would be conclusive, without any firm guarantees of achieving this result (see EUROPE 13635/35).
The directive aims to harmonise definitions and penalties for corruption offences. While the co-legislators were able to make progress, for example on including European officials in the scope of application - Parliament wished to include the EU’s main decision-makers, namely MEPs, commissioners and the European Council president - a long list of open points remained on the table, such as the definition of certain offences, provisions relating to pardons and amnesties, those relating to political financing, as well as penalties, aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the statute of limitations and privileges and immunities.
The two parties had not agreed on a specific duration for this new meeting. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)