Thaler i još dva člana EP-a -- Rumun Adrian Severin i Austrijanac Ernst Strasser -- bili su meta izlaganja od strane novinara iz britanskog dnevnika Sunday Times, koji su se pravili da lobiraju.
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.