Early on Monday evening (22 April), Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (ECON) approved by a narrow majority the draft Interinstitutional Agreement establishing a Body for Ethical Standards, which eight EU institutions and bodies had finalised at the beginning of March (see EUROPE B13370A7, B13383A3).
Although this agreement is not as ambitious as they would have liked, the S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and The Left groups have approved it, considering it to be a step forward...