01/12/2020 (Agence Europe) – The final version of the European Commission’s audit report reportedly confirms that the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, has a conflict of interest due to his control over his former agro-industrial and media group Agrofert, one of the main beneficiaries of EU grants in the Czech Republic (see EUROPE 12508/9). On Tuesday 1 December, MEPs expressed regret that the Commission has still not published its specific audits. Michèle Rivasi (Greens/EFA, France) certainly welcomed the Commission’s decision to stop funding the Agrofert Group through the European cohesion policy. “But this measure is not enough. We know the Czech government wanted to provide credits from the Just Transition Fund to Agrofert”, she added. (LC)