A group of MEPs who traveled to the Czech Republic earlier this year to verify the correct spending of EU funds received numerous death threats, with one having to get police protection for his entire family, reported EUobserver on Friday.
The threats followed statements by prime minister Andrej Babis, who described the two Czech MEPs in the group as national traitors.
Today (Friday 19 June) the European Parliament will vote on a resolution that strongly condemns the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš’ conflicts of interest.
He is accused of exerting control over Agrofert Company, which receives EU subsidies, while at the same time being actively involved in the implementation of the EU budget for the Czech Republic.
The resolution gives damning evidence of how the Czech state is failing its own citizens and has allowed many of its institutions to become vehicles serving the interest of the Czech oligarch-turned-Prime-Minister; as well as how Babiš uses his executive power to coerce public servants into pretending that his personal interests are in fact equivalent to the interests of the state, said EUobserver.
The resolution has been sponsored by politicians of all major EP groups, including MEP Ramona Strugariu of Babiš’ own Renew group./argumentum.al
