MEPs redouble attack on bailout 'troikas'

MEPs investigating the troika of international lenders in bailout countries have said it was marred by conflicts of interest and lacked democratic accountability.

The economic affairs committee on Monday (24 February) adopted the non-binding report, which is to be voted on by the entire European Parliament in April.

Set up on an "ad-hoc basis" as the eurozone was battling the sovereign debt crisis - the troika (containing representatives from the EU commission, European Central Ba...