Brussels Suspends 77 Million for Agrofert, Investigates Conflict of Interest
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The European Commission confirmed in a letter to the head of the European Parliament's budget committee that it has suspended the deadline for paying Agrofert support for six months due to a potential conflict of interest of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The payments amount to 3.18 million euros, or over 77 million crowns. This was confirmed by Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský from the strongest faction of the European People's Party (EPP), who i…
PRAGUE - Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) reiterated today that he has definitively given up on the Agrofert holding. He stated this in response to the European Commission's confirmation that it is suspending the deadline for repaying support to the Agrofert holding. When asked about a conflict of interest after negotiations with President Petr Pavol, he also told reporters that officials in the union are proceeding in a way that gives space to…
The trust fund into which Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) invested Agrofert does not sufficiently address his conflict of interest, according to the European Commission. Brussels is mainly concerned about the continuing ties to Babiš's family. This is confirmed by a letter from the European Commissioner to the European Parliament committee, which Deník N obtained.
The European Commission confirmed in a letter to the head of the European Parliament's budget committee that it had suspended the payment of support to Agrofert for six months due to a potential conflict of interest by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The payments amounted to 3.18 million euros, or over 77 million crowns. Agrofert declined to comment on the situation.
The European Commission confirmed in a letter to the head of the European Parliament's Budget Committee that it has suspended the deadline for paying Agrofert support for six months due to a potential conflict of interest of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The payments amount to 3.17 million euros, or over 77 million crowns. The findings of ČTK were confirmed by Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský from the strongest faction of the European People's Pa…
The European Commission confirmed in a letter to the head of the European Parliament's budget committee that it has suspended the payment of support to Agrofert for six months due to a potential conflict of interest by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The payments amount to 3.17 million euros, or over 77 million crowns.
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