Doc. 8022
13 February 1998

An ethical address to politicians

Motion for a resolution

presented by Mr Ramirez Pery and others

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

1.       Increasingly at the present time we are witnessing various examples of what might be termed disorders in healthy political life, such as corruption, the routine desertion of one political party to join another (on the part of “political renegades”), excessive tolerance towards ambiguous or dubious public actions etc, which are increasing to such an extent that there is a clear need for Europe-wide regulations.

2.       In keeping with the Plan of Action against Corruption, adopted by the 2^nd Summit of Strasoburg, the Assembly plans to lay down general guidelines and basic principles for all European politicians in the exercise of their duties, entitled "An ethical address to politicians", and encourages the various national parliaments of Europe to establish clearly defined criteria and sanctions for any violation of the aforementioned guidelines and principles.

Signed : ¹

Ramirez Pery, Spain, EPP/CD

Arnau, Spain, SOC

Bolinaga, Spain, EPP/CD

Fernandez Aguilar, Spain, EPP/CD

Gonzalez Laxe, Spain, SOC

Lopez Henarez, Spain, EPP/CD

Martinez Casan, Spain, EPP/CD

Puche, Spain, EPP/CD

Pulgar, Spain, EPP/CD

Recoder, Spain, LDR

Varela, Spain, LDR