Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
European Parliament
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
===Other=== A January 2024 report published by investigative outlet ''Follow the Money'' found that 1 in 4 EU lawmakers have been implicated in judicial cases or scandals. Out of 253 cases highlighted in the report, only 23 have resulted in convictions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Almost 1 in 4 EU lawmakers involved in scandals |url=https://www.ftm.eu/articles/european-parliamentarians-involved-in-hundreds-of-scandals |website=Follow The Money |access-date=17 October 2024}}</ref> There are also ongoing concerns related to allegations that members of the European Parliament were illegally or unethically influenced by Russia. Such concerns have been raised several times in 2023 and 2024 and dubbed "Russiagate".<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Pedro |last1=Marques |first2=Gabriele |last2=Bischoff |first3=Andreas |last3=Schieder |first4=Raphaël |last4=Glucksmann |first5=Tonino |last5=Picula |first6=Domènec |last6=Ruiz Devesa |title=Motion for a resolution on Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union |id=B9-0125/2024 |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2024-0125_EN.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=European Parliament |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-05 |title=Cs Asked Metsola That The European Parliament Investigate Puigdemont For Russian Espionage |url=https://worldnationnews.com/cs-asked-metsola-that-the-european-parliament-will-investigate-puigdemont-for-russian-espionage/ |website=World Nation |access-date=2024-02-09 |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207014901/https://worldnationnews.com/cs-asked-metsola-that-the-european-parliament-will-investigate-puigdemont-for-russian-espionage/ |archive-date= Feb 7, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-30 |title=Latvian member of European Parliament accused of spying officially under investigation |url=https://news.yahoo.com/latvian-member-european-parliament-accused-074420015.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref> Panzeri's lobbying group, Fight Impunity, was largely funded by [[Iqbal Survé]], a controversial South African billionaire. Survé's [[Sekunjalo Investments|Sekunjalo Development Foundation]] was found to be the "most important donor" having donated €250,000 to the group.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Tim |date=2022-12-21 |title=Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo Development Foundation linked to EU scandal |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-12-21-iqbal-surves-sekunjalo-development-foundation-linked-to-organisation-at-centre-of-eu-corruption-scandal/ |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brussels to question ex-commissioner over Qatar scandal |url=https://www.ft.com/content/23f27ce6-b12e-4426-aea7-36c1b58cee76 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref>
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
European Parliament
(section)
Add topic