The scandalous affair of the appointment of the spokesperson for the president of the European Parliament

2 January 20231 year ago babelfish

The fact that Brussels is far away means that nepotism, corruption and "revolving doors" are less evident than what happens in national capitals, but the quantity and quality of these phenomena at a European level is certainly higher.

The latest amusing case still affects the European Parliament, and the source would be Il Foglio. According to the newspaper , an expert in gossip, the president of Parliament Roberta Metzola would have decided to choose none other than her brother-in-law, Matthew Tabone, as head of the cabinet (the highest office in the administrative hierarchy). If on the one hand it is true that this kind of office is linked to a relationship of trust with the political body, it would have been a case of sensational nepotism which, among other things, immediately catches the eye and would have created a scandal further after the cases of corruption among the socialists and the numerous phenomena of "Revolving doors" common among Commission officials.

It seems that this decision was then revised, at least according to what Il Foglio reports. Someone must have pointed out the complete inappropriateness of the appointment of the brother-in-law, for which the Spanish Leticia Zuleta de Reales Ansaldo was appointed to the management position mentioned above, outside of Metsola's parental circle.

So there are two cases:

The presidency of the European Parliament has made yet another bad impression, saved in a corner, but it is still very serious that even the thought of appointing a close relative to the aforementioned position has been made. By now the European offices feel above the people, out of any political judgement. After all, all the high European offices, from Parliament to the Commission to the ECB to the ESM, enjoy judicial immunity;
Il Foglio invented the whole story

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