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Former 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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Incarcerated at the end of his police custody, the ex-cheffe of EU diplomacy, who had been leading the College of Europe since 2020, announced that he had left office on Thursday.
·Paris, France
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Federica Mogherini, an Italian Foreign Minister, led by the European External Action Service between 2014 and 2019 and assumed the European College’s leadership role in 2020, resigned from this function within a few days of a fraud-related investigation.
·Romania
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