{"id":1244,"date":"2019-05-22T08:25:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T06:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:38:57","slug":"pirates-sue-european-commission-for-inaction-in-babiss-conflict-of-interest-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/pirates-sue-european-commission-for-inaction-in-babiss-conflict-of-interest-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates sue European Commission for inaction in Babis&#8217;s conflict of interest case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Pirates have decided to sue the European Commission for Inaction due to the fact that it has not yet decided on complaints concerning the alleged conflict of interests of Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and EU subsidies for Agrofert.\u00a0They announced it today in a press release.\u00a0The action will be dealt with by the European Court of Justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The European Commission continues to refuse to evaluate the conflict of interest violations of the Financial Regulation,&#8221; Pirates said.\u00a0In their view, the Commission should have decided on a suspected conflict of interest in January.\u00a0&#8220;The Commission treats unfamiliar reasons for\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>Andrej Babi\u0161<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0for unknown reasons\u00a0, and therefore the European Court of Justice has to intervene and decide definitively,&#8221; said Pirate chairman\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>Ivan Barto\u0161<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, the Commission has not yet responded to the call of the Pirates at the beginning of March, although it should have done so within two months, in breach of the EU rules anchored in the Treaties.\u00a0Today, an unnamed &#8220;European Commission representative from DG Budget&#8221;, the European Commission&#8217;s Directorate-General for Budget, confirmed this violation to Pirates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The suspicion that Babi\u0161 violated the EU conflict of interest regulation in force since last August was raised last year by the non-governmental organization Transparency International CR.\u00a0According to her, Babi\u0161 can influence the holding even after inserting Agrofert into the trust funds. 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