Members of justice committee say €150m in EU funding went straight to country’s president, Kais Saied
The European Commission has been accused of “bankrolling dictators” by senior MEPs, who have claimed that the €150m it gave to Tunisia last year in a migration and development deal has ended up directly in the president’s hands.
A group of MEPs on the human rights, justice and foreign affairs committees at the European parliament launched a scathing attack on the executive in Brussels, expressing reports that the commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, was about to seal a similar deal with Egypt.
Continue reading…Members of justice committee say €150m in EU funding went straight to country’s president, Kais SaiedThe European Commission has been accused of “bankrolling dictators” by senior MEPs, who have claimed that the €150m it gave to Tunisia last year in a migration and development deal has ended up directly in the president’s hands.A group of MEPs on the human rights, justice and foreign affairs committees at the European parliament launched a scathing attack on the executive in Brussels, expressing reports that the commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, was about to seal a similar deal with Egypt. Continue reading…