Severin i još dvojica članova Evropskog parlamenta (EP) -- Slovenac Zoran Thaler i Austrijanac Ernst Strasser -- bili su meta istrage od strane reportera britanskog dnevnika Sunday Times, koji su se pretvarali da su lobisti.
Severin and two other European Parliament (EP) members -- Slovenia's Zoran Thaler and Austria's Ernst Strasser -- were the targets of an expose by reporters from the British daily Sunday Times, who pretended to be lobbyists.