{"id":1222,"date":"2019-04-19T16:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:38:57","slug":"police-recommend-charging-babis-with-fraud-in-capi-hnzido-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/police-recommend-charging-babis-with-fraud-in-capi-hnzido-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recommend charging Babis with fraud in Capi Hnzido case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Czech Republic have recommended that charges be filed against Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/million-dollar-babis\/\">Andrej Babi\u0161<\/a> and several others in a case involving the alleged misuse of EU funds.<\/p>\n<p>Czech police &#8220;ended the investigation&#8221; and the file &#8220;was submitted to the public prosecutor, together with a motion to bring an indictment,&#8221; said a spokesperson for the Municipal Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office in Prague.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-groupset pos-alpha\">\n<div class=\"content-group story-tools\">\n<div class=\"tools-group\">\n<div class=\"tools-item\">\n<aside class=\"user-tools show-share-count orient-vertical sticky-content is-stuck\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy\">\n<div class=\"sd-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-groupset pos-beta\">\n<div class=\"content-group story-core\">\n<div class=\"story-text has-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"story-intro format-s\">\n<figure class=\"art\">\n<div class=\"fig-graphic\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Andrej Babi\u0161, who denies wrongdoing, could face jail term if convicted.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police in the Czech Republic have recommended that charges be filed against Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/million-dollar-babis\/\">Andrej Babi\u0161<\/a> and several others in a case involving the alleged misuse of EU funds.<\/p>\n<p>Czech police &#8220;ended the investigation&#8221; and the file &#8220;was submitted to the public prosecutor, together with a motion to bring an indictment,&#8221; said a spokesperson for the Municipal Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The prosecutor will now study the file in detail and then decide to file the indictment or settle the case differently,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech prime minister, who has repeatedly rejected allegations of wrongdoing in the so-called Stork&#8217;s Nest case, did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted in the case \u2014 in which it is alleged that Babi\u0161 illegally accepted \u20ac2 million in EU subsidies related to a farm and convention center \u2014 the prime minister could face several years in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The EU&#8217;s anti-fraud agency, OLAF,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.praguemonitor.com\/2018\/01\/05\/finance-ministry-releases-conclusion-olaf-report-stork-nest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found<\/a> irregularities in the Stork&#8217;s Nest case, and the\u00a0European Commission is in the process of preparing a report on a possible conflict of interest involving\u00a0Babi\u0161. Late last year, the European Parliament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/european-parliament-raises-concerns-about-eu-funds-in-czech-republic\/\">adopted<\/a> a resolution raising concerns about conflict of interest and the use of EU money in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Babi\u0161 is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), and the case has become part of a broader political debate among rival groups in the upcoming European Parliament election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Andrej Babi\u0161 is found guilty it would completely undermine the integrity of the EU to have a sitting Prime Minister convicted for subsidies fraud,&#8221; Philippe Lamberts, president of the Greens\/EFA group in the European Parliament, said in a statement. &#8220;It&#8217;s pathetic the lengths that Guy Verhofstadt, Emmanuel Macron and the ALDE group will go to in order to defend their favourite oligarch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Original article appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/andrej-babis-czech-police-recommend-charges-against-prime-minister-fraud-case\/\">Politico.EU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Czech Republic have recommended that charges be filed against Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and several others in a case involving the alleged misuse of EU funds. 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