tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post2624754876160025745..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: European Parliament: Are the Quaestors doing their job?Ralf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-51815003878836555972009-02-24T11:40:00.000+02:002009-02-24T11:40:00.000+02:00Anonymous, Thank you for the instructive link. I h...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for the instructive link. <BR/><BR/>I have to admit that when I first read the Times Online article referred to in my following post, I believed that it was a new report. <BR/><BR/>It took me a little while to understand that it was the report which had been discussed here earlier, and explicitly suppressed by the European Parliament, and that it had now resurfaced. <BR/><BR/>I think that the publication of leaked documents is in the public interest, when our institutions fail in their duties. <BR/><BR/>Still, the sample was quite small, but telling enough to have merited complete inquiries as well as action against culprits. <BR/><BR/>The EP's reactions have been a sad chapter.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-47487221060148770972009-02-24T10:46:00.000+02:002009-02-24T10:46:00.000+02:00Here's the list of MEPs that the Galvin Report nam...Here's the list of MEPs that the Galvin Report named in 2008:<BR/><BR/>http://www.europa-transparent.eu/europatransparent/2008/06/halbherzige-erm.html#moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-68753559101641021822009-02-23T13:30:00.000+02:002009-02-23T13:30:00.000+02:00Jon, Yes, and many of this year's lists are going ...Jon, <BR/><BR/>Yes, and many of this year's lists are going to feature many of the less upright in high, electable positions, a result of the EP's decision(s) to turn a blind eye and to actively suppress information. <BR/><BR/>Only after June 2009 do some reforms take effect. <BR/><BR/>Normally I try to present the treaties and changes plus some secondary legislation as objectively as I can (which in itself seems to turn most anti-EU folks off). <BR/><BR/>When I comment, I try to evaluate from an EU citizen's perspective both negative and positive traits. <BR/><BR/>I think I understand your feeling, because for me too, the European Parliament is (potentially) important, but it is saddening to follow its course on members' expenses. <BR/><BR/>Yesteraday I read a comment by someone who mentioned Westminster standards (but is there not a new scandal arising?) in relation to the EP, but at least the latter reminds me of Westminster standards in the 16-hundreds, as described in Pepys's diaries. <BR/><BR/>I am sorry that you are not a candidate, because all the constructive groups would need candidates and especially MEPs like you.<BR/><BR/>The following post, by the way, sums up my findings on the shortcomings of legal and administrative information from the European Parliament this far.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-25234594343220730622009-02-23T13:01:00.000+02:002009-02-23T13:01:00.000+02:00Oh Ralf, how I wish this would happen, but what ME...Oh Ralf, how I wish this would happen, but what MEPs have any incentive to make this happen? No-one wins their places on the election lists by being open about sleaze and criticizing their colleagues. It's much easier to just shrug shoulders and carry on regardless...<BR/><BR/>The whole situation makes me sick, but I don't know what to do about it. And I can't stand for election personally because I'm a pain and no party is going to go anywhere near me.Jon Worthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657831243573498703noreply@blogger.com