EU proposes new ethics body following cash-for-influence scandal

FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Thursday a new ethics body to set standards of conduct across EU institutions whose image has been tarnished by a cash-for-influence scandal that affected the European Parliament at the end of last year.

However, two parliamentary groups immediately criticised the planned body, with the Greens saying it did not have enough powers.