Oops, even Metsola, president of the European Parliament, forgot to declare paid trips
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is under fire for failing to disclose a luxury trip to a French luxury hotel with her husband, paid for by a French winery last October, before a deadline set for lawmakers. After the arrest of Greek vice president Eva Kaili expelled from the European Parliament for corruption, money laundering and links to organized crime in the Qatargate scandal in the European Parliament, Metsola last week announced the stay at the hotel.
However, Politico reports that Metsola did not reveal that her husband accompanied her during the overnight stay at the Hôtel Le Cep hotel in the city of Beaune. In addition to the overnight stay, the two were to receive a sumptuous five-course dinner. This is not contrary to Parliament's internal rules, but the MEP should have declared the trip by the end of the following month (in this case, by the end of November 2022). However, he only made his statement on Parliament's website on 11 January this year, long after the deadline for MEPs had passed. And, above all, much more curiously, the declaration came only after the outbreak of the scandal that led to the resignation of Vice President Kaili, the well-known Qatargate.
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