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About 15.7 percent of MEPs say they have paid jobs outside the parliament (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

MEPs not serious about transparency

From frivolous responses, illegible scrawls, to no answers at all, several members of the European Parliament are not serious when it comes to declaring their financial interests, a survey carried out by an NGO has shown.

The lack of clear rules prohibiting MEPs to keep side jobs as consultants made headlines last year when the Sunday Times uncovered three deputies willing to take money from lobbyists in return for placing amendments.

Following the so-called cash-for-amendments s...

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About 15.7 percent of MEPs say they have paid jobs outside the parliament (Photo: europarl.europa.eu)

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