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.
Taler i još dva člana EP -- Rumun Adrijan Severin i Austrijanac Ernst Štraser -- našli su se na meti istrage novinara britanskog dnevnika Sandej tajms, koji su se pretvarali da su lobisti.