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Romania's national integrity agency has, since 2008, opened 190 cases against Romanian lawmakers (Photo: Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Romania MPs too soft on corruption, says report

Romania's lack of legislative transparency and working code of conduct rules among its 568 lawmakers continue to feed into high perceptions of corruption.

A report published on Thursday (22 January) by the Council of Europe, the Strasbourg-based human rights watchdog, found the Romanian parliament had also made numerous attempts to undermine the country's independe...

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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.

Romania's national integrity agency has, since 2008, opened 190 cases against Romanian lawmakers (Photo: Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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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.

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