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 B13635A35).
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...