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Jeremy Fleming-Jones

Taxpayer organisation calls for criminal investigation of two ex-EU Commissioners for NGO funding

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An EU taxpayer interest group has filed criminal complaints with German domestic prosecutors and the EU Public Prosecutor's Office in Luxembourg against former EU commissioners Frans Timmermans and Virginius Sinkevicius, calling for the pair to be investigated for alleged unlawful payments to NGOs.

Both served under European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s first mandate between 2019 and 2024. Dutchman Timmermans was Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Climate Action while Sinkevicius – who’s now an MEP - was Commissioner for Environment and Oceans.

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