89:
Strasserand Thaler resigned in March 2011; Strasser was sentenced to four years in jail on 14 January 2013. OLAF dismissed the case against Thaler, claiming that it had been unable to find "evidence to support suspicion of wrongdoing" (though it did blame the
European Parliament for "refus to provide
117:
in
September 2013 and in February 2016, he was convicted to three and half years in prison in court, although the judgement was appealed. On 16 November 2016, a final sentence was handed down and his sentence was increased to 4 years imprisonment. He still has the support of the
317:
285:
150:
325:
219:
290:
102:
295:
362:
205:
352:
101:
Claiming innocence, Adrian
Severin has refused to step down and continues to work as an MEP, even after he was expelled by the
114:
17:
154:
119:
32:
223:
267:
249:
175:
357:
236:
28:
95:
16:
This article is about the corruption scandal in the
European Parliament. For other uses, see
57:
8:
106:
36:
24:
131:
81:
and requesting votes to table or support certain amendments in exchange for money.
73:
claimed that they had tried to influence EU legislation in exchange for money. The
69:
54:
50:
43:
346:
90:
the necessary support during the investigation"). However, in
January 2014
64:
98:
found Thaler guilty and sentenced him to two and a half years in prison.
61:
318:"Adrian Severin, condamnat definitiv la 4 ani închisoare cu executare"
286:"Former Romanian MEP Adrian Severin sentenced to jail for corruption"
78:
47:
40:
60:(who was cleared of wrongdoing as he had not accepted payment), and
220:"Reuters: Strasser jailed for bribery in European parliament sting"
91:
110:
31:(OLAF) opened a formal investigation for corruption against four
192:
151:"Public Service Europe: Fighting fraud in Europe - through OLAF"
77:
journalists went undercover and approached 60 MEPs, posing as
206:"Zoran Thaler odstopil, v Bruslju ga bo nadomestila Kleva"
250:"Ex-MEP to serve prison in 'cash-for-laws' scandal"
176:"Journalistic spoof traps MEPs in bribery affair"
344:
324:(in Romanian). 16 November 2016. Archived from
278:
193:Strasser tritt nach neuen EnthĂĽllungen zurĂĽck
268:"Romanian MEP expelled over bribery scandal"
103:Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group
260:
237:Thaler v Bruslju oproscen obtozb | Delo
345:
242:
168:
13:
122:, his political party in Romania.
14:
374:
222:. 14 January 2013. Archived from
310:
294:. 10 March 2014. Archived from
363:Lobbying in the European Union
230:
212:
198:
186:
143:
84:
1:
353:Political scandals in Austria
137:
7:
125:
10:
379:
15:
239:. Delo.si (2012-02-04).
120:Social Democratic Party
115:anti-corruption agency
358:Corruption in Romania
109:. He was indicted by
67:—after an article in
58:Pablo Zalba Bidegain
328:on 16 November 2016
298:on 25 February 2016
107:European Parliament
37:European Parliament
25:European Commission
256:. 3 February 2014.
195:, ORF, 2011-03-20.
18:Cash for Influence
226:on March 6, 2016.
29:Anti-fraud Office
370:
338:
337:
335:
333:
314:
308:
307:
305:
303:
282:
276:
275:
274:. 23 March 2011.
264:
258:
257:
246:
240:
234:
228:
227:
216:
210:
209:
202:
196:
190:
184:
183:
182:. 21 March 2011.
172:
166:
165:
163:
162:
153:. Archived from
147:
132:Cash for Honours
70:The Sunday Times
378:
377:
373:
372:
371:
369:
368:
367:
343:
342:
341:
331:
329:
316:
315:
311:
301:
299:
291:Romania Insider
284:
283:
279:
266:
265:
261:
248:
247:
243:
235:
231:
218:
217:
213:
204:
203:
199:
191:
187:
174:
173:
169:
160:
158:
149:
148:
144:
140:
128:
96:judicial system
87:
21:
12:
11:
5:
376:
366:
365:
360:
355:
340:
339:
309:
277:
259:
241:
229:
211:
197:
185:
167:
141:
139:
136:
135:
134:
127:
124:
86:
83:
51:Ernst Strasser
44:Adrian Severin
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
375:
364:
361:
359:
356:
354:
351:
350:
348:
327:
323:
319:
313:
297:
293:
292:
287:
281:
273:
269:
263:
255:
251:
245:
238:
233:
225:
221:
215:
207:
201:
194:
189:
181:
177:
171:
157:on 2012-06-19
156:
152:
146:
142:
133:
130:
129:
123:
121:
116:
112:
108:
104:
99:
97:
93:
82:
80:
76:
75:Sunday Times
72:
71:
66:
63:
59:
56:
52:
49:
45:
42:
38:
34:
30:
26:
23:In 2011, the
19:
330:. Retrieved
326:the original
321:
312:
300:. Retrieved
296:the original
289:
280:
271:
262:
253:
244:
232:
224:the original
214:
200:
188:
179:
170:
159:. Retrieved
155:the original
145:
100:
88:
74:
68:
65:Zoran Thaler
22:
332:16 November
302:24 February
85:Indictments
347:Categories
208:. RTV SLO.
161:2013-04-05
138:References
79:lobbyists
62:Slovenian
322:Agerpres
272:EurActiv
254:EurActiv
180:EurActiv
126:See also
92:Slovenia
55:Spaniard
48:Austrian
41:Romanian
111:Romania
105:of the
94:'s own
39:(MEPs)—
33:Members
334:2016
304:2016
113:'s
35:of
27:’s
349::
320:.
288:.
270:.
252:.
178:.
53:,
46:,
336:.
306:.
164:.
20:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.