Thaler and two other EP members -- Romania's Adrian Severin and Austria's Ernst Strasser -- were the target of an expose by reporters from the British daily Sunday Times, who pretended to be lobbyists.
Thaler i još dvojica članova EP -- Rumunj Adrian Severin i Austrijanac Ernst Strasser -- razotrkiveni su od strane novinara britanskog dnevnika Sunday Times, koji su se pretvarali da su lobisti.