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Tweede Kamer president Martin Bosma has asked the president of the European Parliament to take action to guarantee the integrity of the European elections and the candidates therein. He referred to reports from the Czech Republic that Russia was paying European politicians as part of a propaganda campaign.
FvD leader Thierry Baudet threatened parliamentarian Jesse Klaver (GroenLinks-PvdA) twice on Wednesday after a parliamentary debate. Tweede Kamer president Martin Bosma wrote that in a letter to Baudet, asking the far-right politician to report to him on Thursday for a talk. “I cannot tolerate threats - in the plenary chamber of all places.”
An investigation by Czech intelligence service BIS uncovered payouts by a website based in Prague to politicians in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary and Poland. The website, Voice of Europe, was accused of spending hundreds of thousands of euros in 2023 to get politicians and opinion makers in those countries to spread Russian propaganda points.