The British newspaper Sunday Times reported that Adrian Severin, a former Romanian deputy prime minister, along with Ernst Strasser of Austria and Zoran Thaler of Slovenia, accepted offers of up to 100,000 euros per year in return for proposing amendments in the EP.
Britanski list Sandej tajms izvestio je da je Adrijan Severin, bivši potpredsednik rumunske vlade, zajedno sa Ernstom Štraserom iz Austrije i Zoranom Talerom iz Slovenije, prihvatio ponude u iznosu do 100.000 evra godišnje za predlaganje amandmana u EP.