Correspondent in Brussels
Less than two months before the elections, Europeans are going on the offensive against MEPs who are spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda from Moscow and threatening to truncate the June election.
An investigation was opened at the end of the week by the Belgian federal prosecutor's office, announced Friday Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
“Cash payments did not take place in Belgium, interference did!”
, he said in a reference to the new arrangements adopted by the kingdom, where NATO and many EU institutions have their headquarters. An update to the Belgian penal code, passed last week, imposes heavier penalties on acts of espionage and foreign interference.
The Belgian justice investigation is a continuation of the information made public two weeks ago by the Czech and Polish services.
“Moscow money was used to pay some…