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The Galvin report details how MEPs pocketed money intended for parliamentary assistants (Photo: Jorge Franganillo)

Court tells EU parliament to release document detailing MEP abuses

The EU's General Court has ruled that the European Parliament must release a controversial 2008 internal report, detailing how MEPs abused an allowance system intended for parliamentary assistants.

Tuesday's (7 June) decision comes hot on the heels of a fresh cash-for-amendments scandal, with transparency groups now concerned that initial enthusiasm for a new MEP rulebook is quickly ebbing away.

Irish Barrister Ciarán Toland took the access-to-information case to the General Cou...

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The Galvin report details how MEPs pocketed money intended for parliamentary assistants (Photo: Jorge Franganillo)

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