Belgian spies have evidence MEPs took Russian money, Belgium's prime minister has said, while announcing a potentially explosive judicial inquiry.
"Moscow approached MEPs, but also paid, to promote Russian propaganda here," said Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo in Brussels on Friday (12 April).
"The cash payments did not take place in Belgium, but the [illegal foreign] interference does," he added.
"On the national level, our judicial authorities have now confirmed ...
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