European Parliament must release documents on convict Lagos’ expense claims

The European Parliament must release information on the allowances and expenses claimed by MEP and convicted criminal Ioannis Lagos, who was elected to the European Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group in 2019, EU judges have ruled.

In a ruling published on Wednesday, the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union said that the European Parliament must publish documents "relating to reimbursements of travel expenses and subsistence allowances paid by the Parliament to Mr Lagos and, on the other hand, to documents relating to reimbursements of travel expenses paid to his parliamentary assistants."

In October 2020, Lagos was sentenced by a Greek court to 13 years and 8 months' imprisonment for membership and leadership of the Golden Dawn criminal organisation.

Even though the European Parliament waived Lagos' immunity at the request of...