The US Congress has stronger ethics and oversight of lawmakers than their counterparts in the European Parliament.
The findings, among others, were revealed in a report out Tuesday (10 July) by the European branch of Transparency International, an NGO.
Daniel Freund, who authored the report, told reporters in Brussels that unlike MEPs, members of the US congress are banned from holding second or third jobs.
"They are not all...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.