EU Prosecutor Probes EPP over Consultant Contracts
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Under the microscope of the European Public Prosecutor's Office are two consulting firms with connections to New Democracy, for overpriced contracts with the EPP and European funds of hundreds of thousands of euros. The post The EPP, the two "blue" consultants and the contracts that the European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating appeared first on in.gr.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has initiated an investigation into possible abuses in the European People's Party (ENP) because of contracts with excessive fees for consultants associated with the ruling party in Greece, and suspects that EU funds could have been diverted through contracts with Greek consultants associated with the ruling party New Democracy (ND), Süddeutsche Zeitung. According to the publication, ex-gensek ENP T…
When the CSU politician Manfred Weber became EPP head, two Greeks with ties to the government in Athens advised the party – for a striking amount of money. Now the prosecutor's office is interested in this.
It has been alleged that EPPO has launched an investigation into suspected misuse of funds in contracts exceeding €500,000 awarded to two Greek consultants by the EPP ahead of the 2024 elections. The EPP stated that it had not received official notification, while EPPO declined to comment.
Gerasimos Zagoritis worked for almost six years alongside two MEPs of the party in Brussels, while Eric Thanopoulos Parks had served for many years as a communications consultant for New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The European Public Prosecutor's Office is examining contracts for the provision of consulting services by the European People's Party (EPP) with two individuals who maintain close ties to New Democracy and Prime Minister Kyria…
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