The Parliament opened its personal administrative probe into the MEP, and President Roberta Metsola introduced Wednesday a sequence of sanctions in opposition to Ždanoka, having discovered her in breach of the MEPs’ code of conduct.
Ždanoka — who has been an MEP since 2004, and sat with the Greens/EFA group till 2022 — breached components of the code referring to declaring personal pursuits and receiving items, Metsola stated, with out giving extra particulars.
The sanctions will encompass a five-day advantageous of her day by day allowance, amounting to €1,750 and she or he may even be banned from sure roles representing the European Parliament till the top of this mandate in July, after which she will not be anticipated to be an MEP any longer. Ždanoka didn’t attraction, Metsola added.
For the reason that allegations in opposition to Ždanoka emerged, the Parliament has been rocked by one other Russian affect scandal involving a Czech media outlet referred to as Voice of Europe which based on Czech secret providers paid European politicians, together with MEPs, as a part of a plan to hawk Russian propaganda.
Ždanoka didn’t instantly reply to a request to remark despatched by e-mail.
