Last Tuesday Belgian and German police raided the Brussels headquarters of the European People’s Party, which constitutes the largest single party in the European Parliament.
The police search “is connected to an ongoing inquiry in Thuringia, Germany,” a party statement read.
Local German media have reported that the raid was part of inquiries into a leading member of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party in Thuringia who worked for the EPP during the European elections campaign in 2019.
The German investigation is focused on whether he had a role in the awarding of a contract to an internet agency involved in the EPP’s digital campaign.
