{"id":7157,"date":"2019-05-09T15:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2019-05-09T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:36:51","slug":"european-commissioner-targets-babis-over-conflict-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/european-commissioner-targets-babis-over-conflict-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commissioner Targets Babis Over Conflict Of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech prime minister\u2019s possible conflict of interest regarding EU subsidies to the holding Agrofert is an absolute priority for the European Commission in view of EU budget protection, European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has conducted an extensive audit at Czech ministries regarding the subsidies for Agrofert amounting to some two billion crowns. Transparecny International warned of Mr Babi\u0161\u2019s possible conflict of interest last year, saying he continued to benefit from the holding despite placing it in trust funds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Czech MEP Tom\u00e1\u0161 Zdechovsk\u00fd, Mr Oettinger said the results of the audit are being carefully analysed. Czech authorities are set to receive the results of the audit in mid-May.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radio.cz\/en\/section\/news\/oettinger-czech-pms-possible-conflict-of-interest-priority-for-ec\">Radio Praha<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech prime minister\u2019s possible conflict of interest regarding EU subsidies to the holding Agrofert is an absolute priority for the European Commission in view of EU budget protection, European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said on Wednesday. &nbsp; The European Commission has conducted an extensive audit at Czech ministries regarding the subsidies for Agrofert amounting to &#8230; <a title=\"European Commissioner Targets Babis Over Conflict Of Interest\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/european-commissioner-targets-babis-over-conflict-of-interest\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about European Commissioner Targets Babis Over Conflict Of Interest\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[198,15,58,119],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>European Commissioner Targets Babis Over Conflict Of Interest - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/european-commissioner-targets-babis-over-conflict-of-interest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Commissioner Targets Babis Over Conflict Of Interest - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Czech prime minister\u2019s possible conflict of interest regarding EU subsidies to the holding Agrofert is an absolute priority for the European Commission in view of EU budget protection, European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said on Wednesday. &nbsp; The European Commission has conducted an extensive audit at Czech ministries regarding the subsidies for Agrofert amounting to ... 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