The controversial bills of MEPs are not limited to Qatar, writes daily newspaper De Staandard. As an example, the newspaper cites the fact that PO MEP Radosław Sikorski received half a million dollars from the United Arab Emirates. “Corruption. MEP Sikorski was silent about the money from the Emirates” – that’s how the Belgian daily called its Friday text dedicated to the Polish politician.
The Western media is delving into the subject
On Thursday, the Dutch newspaper NRC reported that PO MEP Radosław Sikorski receives 100,000 euros a year. UAE dollars.
His behavior during the vote, in combination with payments, arouses suspicion
– say the interlocutors of the newspaper’s journalists.
The daily lists cases where a PO politician took a favorable stance for the Emirates and their closest ally in the region – Saudi Arabia.
For all matters pertaining to these countries, I voted as recommended by my group
– explained the Polish MEP to the newspaper.
Sikorski is a member of the European People’s Party (EPP).
De Standaardd points out that the European Parliament is sensitive to the influence of autocratic regimes.
The United Arab Emirates has a group of friends. The most famous member is Radosław Sikorski, the former Polish foreign minister
wrote the Belgian daily.
“The Corrupt Gang”
Once again it seems that a MEP has accepted large sums of money, this time it is a Pole, Radosław Sikorski, reports EenVandaag, the public television program NPO 1. read on the program’s website, adding that the case of the Polish MEP overlaps with previous suspicions of corruption in the EP.
What a corrupt gang
says Lousewies Van der Laan, head of Transparency International Netherlands.
According to Van der Laan, recent scandals undermine democracy. The head of the Dutch branch of the anti-corruption organization says he is ‘shocked’ by the revelations about Sikorski.
I also thought that the low point had been reached
Hollander adds.
The newspaper recalled that contacts between European politicians and abroad are under scrutiny after the bribery scandal in the European Parliament came to light.
“NRC” reported that Sikorski is receiving 100,000 from the UAE. dollars a year for advising on the Sir Bani Yas Conference.
The conference was set up by the Emirates a little over 10 years ago as a way to conduct international diplomacy using “soft power”
– we read in the diary.
The newspaper points out that the conference (currently in the form of a permanent institution) is closed.
The press is not welcome, everything is done in secret
emphasizes the “NRC”.
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Source: wPolityce