The EU’s public prosecutor (EPPO) confirmed to POLITICO that it’s conducting its personal investigation into mismanagement of funds.
Public contracts for buddies and irregular donations
The alleged misspending pertains to the funds allotted yearly by the Parliament for political teams to spend on administrative and operative prices, in addition to political and knowledge actions associated to its work, recognized in Parliament lingo as “funds merchandise 400.”
The monetary audit, first reported by Le Monde, says the group breached the general public tender guidelines when awarding contracts for ads, group administration, and printing providers in a number of corporations in Austria, France, and Germany, totaling about €3,598,803.
“The tender process was carried out as a purely formal train, with out exhibiting the intent to have a alternative of provides to pick the absolute best supplier,” the report says.
The report additionally alleges public contracts might have been awarded to corporations pleasant to the occasion.
In a single case, contracts for adverts in an Austrian journal have been immediately awarded to an organization led by a former MEP of the Austrian FPÖ occasion, a member of the ID group and present member of Patriots, the report says.
