Eva Kaili, the most well-known face of the Brussels corruption scandal, and Roberta Metsola, the current president of the EP, are prominent on the list.
In the justification, the paper highlights the results Metsola achieved as the youngest president of the institution. He is listed as the first EU leader to visit Ukraine after the war broke out and brought momentum to the European Parliament.
However, after less than a year [Metsola] his leadership was overshadowed by Qatar-gate, the biggest corruption case to hit the EU in decades, raising suspicions of money laundering and corruption at the heart of EU democracy.
Due to the scandal, Politico writes about the term of the Maltese-born EU leader that he had to devote most of his energy to cleaning up the scandal: he introduced a new code of ethics and expanded the powers of the committee investigating foreign interference.
Greek Socialist MP Kaili was accused of corruption, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. In connection with the criminal organization, it emerged that representatives accepted bribes in exchange for influencing the work of the parliament along the lines of the interests of external actors. Eva Kaili spent more than three months in prison and is awaiting a court hearing.
