Roberta Metsola wants to restore confidence in EP
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A 14-point plan involving, first and foremost, greater scrutiny of who MEPs meet with and when, Roberta Metsola, the head of the European Parliament, presented at a meeting with parliamentary group leaders. The proposals, she stressed, are aimed at rebuilding trust in Parliament.
The fact that the affair, operating under the media name 'Katargate', would have consequences was something the President of the European Parliament had said from the outset, stressing that there would be "no sweeping under the carpet" in the matter.
With subsequent media reports, it became clear that a major problem was the lack of transparency about who MEPs were meeting with.
