DPP leader acquitted on EU fraud charges
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt’s 7-year legal battle appears to be over after he was acquitted, Wednesday, of charges of document fraud and misuse of EU funds by Frederiksberg District Court….
Fraud trial of DPP leader set to be postponed again
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) have failed in their bid to get parliament to waive party leader Morten Messerschmidt’s political immunity immediately so his trial scheduled for next week can proceed as planned….
Why did DPP leadership remain silent for 5 years in EU fraud affair?
Questions are being asked as to why it took Danish People’s Party (DPP) leadership five years to state categorically that the party’s summer get together in 2015 wasn’t an EU conference, as claimed…
DPP deputy leader charged with fraud
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader, Morten Messerschmidt, has been formally charged with misappropriating EU funds. As an EU MEP in 2016 Mr Messerschmidt was ordered to pay back DKK2.9m (€400,000) worth…
DPP MEP to use ‘Brexit defence’ against fraud charges
Disgraced Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP Morten Messerschmidt returned to work at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, determined to fight allegations of fraud. The controversial MEP has been on sick leave since…
DPP EU fraud scandal grows
As chairman of the eurosceptic MELD (Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy) Danish People’s Party MEP Morten Messerchmidt, at the centre of the EU fraud scandal, gave a DKK 390,000 advertising campaign contract…
DPP whistleblower questioned by EU fraud unit
Former Danish People’s Party MEP Rikke Karlsson was questioned for 11 hours in Brussels, Wednesday, by OLAF (the EU’s anti-fraud unit) regarding the party’s alleged misappropriation of EU subsidies. Ms Karlsson originally sounded…
Voters desert DPP after EU fraud scandal
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) continues to take a battering from voters in the wake of the EU fraud scandal, dubbed ‘Messershit’ by commentators. A new Yougov poll for free daily MetroXpress shows…
DPP leader: Fraud allegations ‘damaging’
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl acknowledged yesterday he’s been damaged by the EU fraud scandal but said he’s determined to re-win voters’ confidence and get his party on the right…
Top DPP MEP kicked out after fraud allegations
Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP Morten Messerschmidt has been thrown out of the party’s leadership group – ‘the coordination committee’ – after being linked to a series of allegations of fraud with EU…
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