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Professor Alberto Alemanno thinks the European Parliament's ethics rules have failed to address corruption risks, but that this does not damage the image of the EU as a whole.

The latest investigations centred on the European Parliament, this time related to Chinese tech giant Huawei, show that the EU's current ethics system is not fit for the job, according to EU policy expert Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law at HEC in Paris.

Currently, enforcement of the lobbying rules is in the hands of the European Parliament and other European institutions, which basically means that there is a self-policing system, Alemanno said in an interview with Euronews.

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[โ€“] WaffleHound@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Of course the EU Parliament ethics system is 'not fit for the job', because in reality there isn't one. There might be ethical standards given, but there is no organ with power to actually enforce breaches of these ethical standards.

[โ€“] crimeschneck@feddit.nl 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Is this post supposed to include an article link? I also wonder how many people got tricked by the "play" symbol in the image.

[โ€“] SamHalfcorpse@feddit.it 3 points 12 hours ago

OP here, I fixed it. Thanks for the comment. My bad

[โ€“] SamHalfcorpse@feddit.it 2 points 12 hours ago

And yes the image is misleading sorry also for that