
Transparency International: Le Pen’s Alleged Crime Is Widespread in Brussels
The watchdog noted that 140 MEPs have also misused assistants’ funds, yet none of them faced such unprecedented punishment as the French presidential frontrunner.
The watchdog noted that 140 MEPs have also misused assistants’ funds, yet none of them faced such unprecedented punishment as the French presidential frontrunner.
The leftist Lithuanian MEP’s side hustles include selling ‘anti-COVID’ mineral water and scamming the Parliament out of half a million euros worth of salaries for non-existent assistants.
Those previously hailing the reform as a step against right-wing populism are now flustered by the notion that they too will undergo the same scrutiny of their revenue sources.