Brussels salutes Iceland for its strict new code of conduct for MPs

EUObserver reports that the European Commission has praised the Icelandic's government's tough new code of conduct, enacted in the wake of the country's economic collapse and accompanying revelations of the closeness of the political and business classes in Reykjavik.

European Commission: MEMO/10/561: Key findings of the progress report on Iceland http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2010/package/is_key_findings_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/enlargement-strategy-and-progress-reports-2010/

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