“It is dramatic and damaging to the credibility of the European Union,” Charles Michel, President of the European Council, said of the corruption case involving, among others, the former Vice-President of the European Parliament, Greek Eva Kayli.
Charles Michel A for a politician Talk about the need to learn lessons and then develop a package of measures to prevent corruption. The President of the European Council believes that the issue makes it more difficult to focus on the economic and energy crisis.
Former Vice President of the European Parliament and three of his colleagues on December 9 arrested As part of a corruption investigation by the Belgian authorities. According to the police, nearly 1.5 million euros were seized during house searches in the Brussels region.
Victor Urban The Prime Minister spoke about the Brussels corruption issue for the first time in mid-December, at the EU summit in Brussels. The head of government then spoke of the need for a deep and thorough investigation of what had happened and, in his words, the time had come in Brussels to “drain the swamp.”
