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Few MEPs cared to challenge Buzek's methodology on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Buzek defends parliament's efforts to tighten internal rules

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Shaken by a recent spate of corruption allegations, the European Parliament is scrutinising the parliamentary codes of conduct in eight member states in a bid to ward off future offences.

But voices both inside and outside the European Parliament have questioned the approach, saying a mere compilation of already-existing schemes does not go far enough.

Speaking to members of the parliament's constitutional affairs committee on Monday, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek def...

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Few MEPs cared to challenge Buzek's methodology on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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