US EditionFormer senior EU diplomat Mogherini resigns as rector amid fraud probe
Federica Mogherini resigned following a Belgian-led probe into procurement fraud tied to an EU diplomatic training contract awarded to the College of Europe.
- Federica Mogherini, former EU foreign policy and security chief and College of Europe rector, resigned on Thursday, saying `In line with the utmost rigour and fairness with which I always carried out my duties, today I decided to resign`.
- The EPPO opened a fraud investigation into EEAS procurement tied to the European Union Diplomatic Academy, alleging procurement fraud, corruption, conflict of interest, and violation of professional secrecy.
- Belgian police carried out searches in Brussels and Bruges and briefly detained Mogherini, Stefano Sannino and two other suspects on Tuesday; the EPPO said all three were questioned and formally notified of accusations.
- The scope of the contract, awarded by the EEAS in 2021-2022, expands the probe's institutional reach; the College of Europe campuses in Bruges, Warsaw and Tirana are tied to the investigation.
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Brussels. The former Head of Foreign Policy of the European Union, Federica Mogherini, resigned from her post as Director of a prestigious European Institute of Studies after being involved in a fraud investigation into a training programme for young diplomats. Mogherini announced that she was leaving her post as rector of the College of Europe, and director of the European Union Diplomatic Academy “in line with the maximum rigour and fairness w…
The institution, which was led by the EU's foreign policy chief from 2014 to 2019, awarded a public procurement contract to the university where she was rector until Thursday. The European Public Prosecutor's Office suspects conflict of interest and corruption. In addition to Mogherini, who was questioned at length earlier this week, one of the EU's highest-ranking diplomats was also temporarily detained.
"I've always acted rigorously." The prosecutor doesn't rule out other lines (ANSA)
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