Information portal: The Dutch paper "De Telegraaf" revealed the scandal of a large scandal. We are talking about the usage by the European Commission of EU funds to unofficially pay non-governmental organisations to influence environmental policy in the European Parliament and associate States. These allegations lead to reflection on transparency, reliability and accountability in the democratic process of creating EU law.
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Did the European Commission pay NGOs to influence the EP?
The Dutch paper "De Telegraaf" reached agreements that show that the European Commission, for many years, "granted" selected environmental organisations to convince Frans Timmermans, an arrogant erstwhile EU Commissioner, for environmental projects. It is said that "sponsored" environmental organisations were over 185. The environmental organisations, considered independent and nonsubjective by the public, were set circumstantial objectives for lobbying activities carried out among Euro MPs and in the associate States of the European Union. For example, the EU organisation, the European Environment Office, has been instructed to supply at least 16 examples of actions which have resulted in the European Parliament tightening up of environmental rules. The paper "De Telegraaf" besides mentioned that EUR 700,000 of grants to environmental organisations was to be used, among others, to direct the debate on agriculture towards ecology.
When were the first signals of suspicious practices by the European Commission?
The European Commission's possible scandal signals have been in the European media for any time. The paper "De Telegraaf" published an article in June 2023 on how non-governmental environmental organisations received guidance on how they could convince the fluctuating politicians in the European Parliament to vote in favour of the Natural Reconstruction Act. The draft act was controversial in many associate States.
Did the European Commission specifically harm the improvement of EU fisheries?
The allegations of De Telegraaf are peculiarly excruciating due to their possible consequences, for example, for industries specified as fisheries, which are already facing hard regulatory and economical burdens. The provisions relating to the Green Deal, including the Nature Restoration Law, have a very serious impact on the future of European fisheries, resulting in measures specified as closure of conventional fisheries. If public funds were actually utilized for campaigns aimed at influencing policies in this sector, specified actions could undermine the integrity and impartiality of the decision-making process in the European Union.
Will the charges of "De Telegraaf" be confirmed?
It is very crucial that, until independent explanations are provided (e.g. by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), all decision-making processes that may have been the consequence of specified practices are stopped. proceed implementation of the law, adopted under a possibly compromised system, threatens to accept practices that the EU institutions, and in peculiar the European Commission, regularly criticise with respect to another countries or organisations. The fisheries sector, which contributes importantly to Europe's food security, must be freed from the burden of policies shaped by extremist ecological proposals and forced by undisclosed lobbying activities.
What position did Piotr Serafin – the Polish Commissioner in the EU take on the affair?
Piotr Serafin – Polish Commissioner in the European Union for budget and public administration and the fight against fraud clearly condemns unacceptable practices. In his opinion, lobbying agreements are unacceptable and akin practices should be put to an end. He explicitly stated that it was incorrect to conclude agreements that obliged NGOs to lobby among MEPs. At the same time, he pointed out that environmental organisations request not fear that their voice would not be taken into account in the ongoing discussions.
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