
Belgian Court Charges Former EU Justice Commissioner With Money Laundering
Authorities have investigated Didier Reynders since last year over the origins of nearly one million euros in his accounts.

Authorities have investigated Didier Reynders since last year over the origins of nearly one million euros in his accounts.

Didier Reynders, von der Leyen’s former ‘rule-of-law’ chief, is under investigation for laundering money through the Belgian lottery system.

“Europe deserves better,” Patriots for Europe’s Kinga Gal commented.

The EPP greenlit a Spanish socialist in exchange for an Italian conservative, even though Teresa Ribera said she won’t step down if prosecuted for mismanaging floods in Spain.

Teresa Ribera’s actions during Valencia’s recent deadly floods have sparked outrage.

The social democrats are ready to back conservative Italian Raffaele Fitto in exchange for Ribera again, but VOX warned that the EPP will become “irrelevant” if it accepts the deal.

“The European Commission cannot be the hiding place of a minister who owes a lot of explanations to the people,” the PP leader said, referring to Teresa Ribera’s mismanagement of the recent deadly floods in Spain.

Talks between the EU Parliament’s two largest parties broke down, with the S&D set to reject both Italy’s Raffaele Fitto and Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi.

Ribera has aligned herself with a radical far-left agenda, just the opposite of what the elections showed people want.

The five executive vice presidents and the foreign affairs chief will be questioned by MEPs last, after every other commissioner candidate has been approved or rejected.