Three European Parliamentarians, including Romanian Adrian Severin were willing to “sell their services” for huge sums of money for some undercover journalists from British daily Sunday Times pretending to be involved in some lobby actions, AFP informs.

Reporters thus proposed to several members of the European Parliament to pay 100,000 euro/year and in exchange the MEPs would push some amendments for approval. Three of those chosen accepted: Romanian Adrian Severin, Zoran Thaler former Slovenian Foreign Affairs minister and a former Austrian Interior minister, Ernst Strasser.

Adrian Severin, member of the Socialists and Democrats Group sent a message to the fake lobbyists to inform them that “the amendment that you wish was submitted on time”, the message reads. Shortly after, he sent a bill of 12,000 euro for “counseling services”, AFP notes.

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