How the EU Always Gets Away With It

Politico ^ | 5/26/25 | MARI ECCLES

[EnderWiggin1970]

In the swish hotel conference rooms and cafés of the Brussels EU quarter, the indignation was palpable: Why had poor Henrik been singled out?

Henrik Hololei, a gregarious Estonian who had reached the heights of director-general in the EU’s civil service, had been caught accepting freebies from the government of Qatar while his department was negotiating a lucrative aviation deal ― with, ever so coincidentally, Qatar.

It was fine, the European Commission said when the matter came to light in 2023: All his free flights had been signed off by a senior person in the department. Trouble was, the senior person in the department was Hololei.

It caused a bit of stink in Brussels at the time, but chances are that in Europe at large, few people ever heard of it.

And that ― as well as the Commission’s muted response, the remarkable conclusion that no EU rules were broken, the fact that after stepping down Hololei simply made a lateral move to a cushy senior adviser role, and the widespread nothing-to-see-here attitude of the Brussels chatterati ― is the perfect illustration of the creeping sense of impunity infecting the system.

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TOPICS: European Union; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 666; brussels; deepstate; eu; eussr; fourthreich; nepotism; thebeast

[EnderWiggin1970]

A good article delving into the rot in the European version of the Deep State.

[monkeyshine]

Free flights to the country you are negotiating with is barely a bribe. He had to fly there anyway, right? And those first class cabins are private, he had to keep his documents secure and of course get sleep to arrive well rested otherwise the negotiators will take advantage of his tiredness. And the Rolex watch, well that was to ensure he got to the meetings on time. It’s a different time zone over there, wouldn’t want any confusion. And the car, well, how else was he to get to the airport? And the gold bars? This was to confirm that taxpayers were getting what they paid for in their weight in gold! Haven’t you ever heard that expression? Was a real burden putting those in the overhead bin, too. People should appreciate all he does for the continent.

[Waverunner]

Sounds like a politician, he must want to move up in the feeding frenzy.

[quantim]

“...Qatar while his department was negotiating a lucrative aviation deal”

This may be the reason why the left has gone apoplectic over Trump’s acceptance of a Boeing 747 from Qatar.

[rottweiller_inc]

I’m astonished Politico can recognize corruption. They don’t seem to normally, especially where Dems are concerned.

[ClearCase_guy]

To be in the elite before the flood is a glorious thing. But the flood comes and sweeps it all away. I think Europe is approaching the day.

[captmar-vell]

Jean Monnet EU founder “Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening.”

Recall Peter Sunderland telling his EU peers to do their best to undermine member state homogeneity, ignore their laws,

For example ‘replacement migration’ where no one voted for it, no one agreed to do it, they just did it to destroy member state homogeneity, to overwhelm the current system and bring it to its knees and to create chaos and confusion in order to ‘build back better’ for Klaus and the WEF.

Jose Manuel Barroso, Chairman of the European Commission stating ‘The reason we need the EU is precisely because it is not democratic.”

Jean-Claude Juncker, Head of the EU Commission “We decide on something, leave it lying around, wait and see what happens, If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don’t understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.”

[EnderWiggin1970]

Yeah, I was surprised to see this published there.

[SaveFerris]

[I’m astonished Politico can recognize corruption. They don’t seem to normally, especially where Dems are concerned.]

Politico and the rest of the Scumbag Leftist Lying Liberal
Media SPECIFICALLY AVOID reporting on Democrat corruption
to further their destructive agendas. /Captain Obvious

[SaveFerris]

[Jean Monnet EU founder “Europe’s nations should be guided towards the superstate without their people understanding what is happening.”]

Daniel 2:41
King James Version

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

Daniel 7:7
King James Version

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel+2%3A41%2CDaniel+7%3A7&version=KJV&interface=amp

Revelation 17:16
King James Version

16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=KJV&search=Re+17:16,17

[captmar-vell]

Exactly right SaveFerris. They are building anti-Christs Beast Kingdom for the last days.