MEPs said a long-delayed plan to create an EU ethics body to oversee the conduct of officials and politicians could "miss the point" of key reform demands. The European Parliament, which voted overwhelmingly in February for the EU to finalize plans to create an independent ethics body, is growing concerned that the proposals will not work when the European Commission presents later this month own proposal. Ursula von der Leyen in 2019 she promised to "support the creation of an independent ethics body common to all EU institutions" when she urged MEPs to back her ultimately successful bid to become commission president, but little happened before the Qatar cash scandal behind influencing did not shake . European Parliament and moved this issue back to the agenda. Reformers have long pushed for an independent body that could investigate and sanction officials who breach EU ethics standards, such as by taking lucrative private sector jobs in industries they recently regulated.

( Jennifer Rankin