A European Parliament body supervising anti-lobbying and lawmakers' conduct rules must be given the power and money to launch independent investigations into abuses in the wake of a major corruption scandal, the European Ombudsman’s office warned Monday.
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, an independent watchdog monitoring administrative shortfalls in the European Union on behalf of the bloc's 27 member countries, said that “diligent and independent oversight and enforcement of existing ethics rules is critical."
