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General Court upholds decision of European Parliament to recover from MEPs Bilde and Montel sums paid for employment of fictitious assistants

Brussels, 29/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

Through two judgments handed down on Wednesday 29 November, the General Court of the EU has upheld the decisions of the European Parliament of 23 and 24 June 2016 to recover the sums unduly paid to two MEPs who at that time were members of the French Front National – Dominique Bilde (ENF, Case T-633/16) and Sophie Montel (ex-ENF and currently EFDD, CaseT-634/16).  The sums were paid respectively from October and August 2014 until June 2015 for parliamentary assistance that has not...