Συντάκτης: Pegky Dokou

Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – The European Parliament is pushing to stop former members from lobbying legislators for six months after leaving office, in response to a bribery scandal that has rocked the EU. Parliamentary sources said the plan was agreed by senior MEPs on Monday as part of the legislature’s bid to clamp down on possible corruption. The move comes as the parliament grapples with the fallout from the scandal involving the alleged bribery of members said to have been paid to push the interests of Qatar and Morocco. Central to the sprawling criminal case is former Italian MEP Antonio…