(ANSA) - PRAGUE, SEPT.19 - Transparency International - Czech
Republic (Ti Rc) NGO urged today the European Commission to
investigate the conflict of interest involving prime minister
Andrej Babis.
Billionaire Babis is suspected of continuing to control the
Agrofert holding, through some trust funds, to which he had
transferred his assets in February 2017.
According to the NGO, the holding company continues to take
advantage of the EU funding and Babis, being a prime minister,
participates in the discussion of the European budget and
therefore a conflict of interest cannot be ruled out.
''The case of Babis has a wider European dimension, the prime
minister's conflict of interests threatens the interests of the
Czech Republic in the negotiations on the EU budget'', David
Ondracka, director of Ti Rc, told Ctk news agency. According to
the economic daily newspaper (Hn), the Agrofert group received
last year from the European funds the record amount of 2.1
billion crowns (about 84m euros). (ANSA).
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