International

The Council of Europe wants to continue its special relationship with Palestine. A proposal to that effect from SP Senator Tiny Kox attracted unanimous support from the political committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which represents the peoples of the countries affiliated to Europe’s biggest treaty-based organisation.

Big words, small deeds: in the SP’s view, that’s how the European Commission’s anti-corruption policies can be summed up. This was the conclusion drawn at the end of a meeting in the European Parliament at which a number of social organisations concerned with anti-corruption policies did not mince their words when it came to criticising the Commission. The SP Euro-MP expressed complete agreement with the organisations, saying that ‘despite a great deal of urging from the European Parliament and others we’re still waiting for the European Commission’s first anti-corruption report. This report won’t only cover corruption in the member states, but also corruption within EU institutions.’