Tomc instructed POLITICO Kos was not trustworthy when “claiming that she didn’t collaborate within the secret service … Now we have to do one thing with this data.”
A spokesperson for the EPP stated: “Romana Tomc has saved the EPP Group carefully knowledgeable in regards to the newest revelations regarding Commissioner Marta Kos. The Group will study the matter rigorously. For now, we observe that Commissioner Kos has not denied these new revelations. The ball is now in her court docket.”
Kos didn’t reply to POLITICO’s repeated requests for remark. However a Fee official stated Kos “went by way of the intensive and thorough vetting course of” to turn out to be a commissioner, including that the Parliament “accredited Commissioner Kos’s appointment in the identical course of as all 27 Commissioners.”
An official near the commissioner’s workplace, who was granted anonymity to discuss the delicate allegations, instructed POLITICO: “She [Kos] could be very conscious political opponents will use these sorts of issues to attain factors within the Slovenian elections, however she is laser-focused on her job as enlargement commissioner.”
Kos will seem earlier than the Parliament’s overseas affairs committee on Monday to debate enlargement, and can also be anticipated to face questions in regards to the allegations.
On the Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, Tomc introduced a ebook by Slovenian creator Igor Omerza exhibiting paperwork they stated proved Kos labored with the Yugoslav spy company.
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