Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has filed a defamation criticism in opposition to former Inexperienced MEP José Bové after he made allegations of tried corruption on the radio final week.
Because the QatarGate scandal continues to unfold, former Inexperienced MEP José Bové introduced his allegations to France Inter throughout a broadcast.
In his allegations in opposition to the nation, Bové cited the time he was rapporteur on the European Parliament’s Committee on Exterior Commerce from 2009 and 2014 and recalled his opposition to the then-discussed EU-Morrocco commerce deal on fruit and greens.
Due to his opposition, Morocco’s then Agriculture Minister and now Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch invited Bové to “a discreet café”. They mentioned he would have a present for him, which the previous MEP mentioned was clearly cash. However as a result of Bové didn’t react, dealings between the 2 “stopped there”, mentioned Bové.
Akhannouch, in accordance with Bové, did have the backing of a “friendship affiliation” made up of European elected representatives from all political events.
“Some MEPs took benefit of this,” mentioned Bové, who welcomed the choice of European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to “abolish all [the unofficial friendship groups] and revise the votes that befell”.
Following Bové’s allegations, Akhannouch filed a defamation criticism in opposition to that calls the accusations “inadmissible” and “false”- that are “solely the reflection of an previous resentment” of Bové, AFP reviews, which consulted the doc.
Akhannouch’s lawyer in France considers that “Bové is visibly and dishonestly making an attempt to make the most of the judicial information in regards to the European Parliament, to convey out previous tales with out basis”, AFP reviews.
(Davide Basso | EURACTIV.fr)
