EU Commission Faces Criminal Complaint Over Misuse of Funds
24th July 2025
The European Commission is facing a criminal complaint over allegations that it wasted billions of euros in taxpayer money by funding NGOs without sufficient oversight.
The Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE) has filed charges against two former EU officials: ex–Vice President of the Commission Frans Timmermans—the architect of the European Green Deal— and Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, former Commissioner for the Environment.
The complaint accuses the Commission of funneling over €7 billion between 2019 and 2024 to NGOs whose operations and objectives—some of which included influencing the European Parliament—were poorly monitored.