Belgian police raid EPP headquarters in Brussels

The Belgian police raided the headquarters of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels on Tuesday (4 April).

In a short statement, the EPP confirmed that “representatives from the Belgian and German police authorities visited the party headquarters in Brussels” on 4 April, adding that “the visit is connected to an ongoing inquiry in Thuringia, Germany.”

According to the initial information, the police checked computers and requested documents and data related to an ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption during the 2019 EU election campaign.