Italy will 'have to bring back crime of abuse of office' after EP vote

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 26 - Italy will have to bring back the crime of abuse of office after the European Parliament on Thursday approved an anti-corruption directive that establishes the types of corruption cases that must be classified as felonies by EU countries, rapporteur Raquel Garcia Hermida said. The list of offences includes a provision on abuse of office, defined as the "unlawful exercise of public functions," and calls on Member States to adopt the necessary measures to ensure that "ce...

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