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Dutch centre-right MEP Dirk Gotink maintains NGOs are paid by the EU Cmmission to lobby the EU institutions (Photo: © European Union 2025 - Source : EP)

European Parliament NGO-funding probe descends into chaos and walkouts

A new European Parliament probe into NGO-funding transparency rapidly descended into chaos on Wednesday (26 November) as rightwing forces struggled to grill the European Commission on perceived civil society lobbying.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Dutch centre-right MEP Dirk Gotink maintains NGOs are paid by the EU Cmmission to lobby the EU institutions (Photo: © European Union 2025 - Source : EP)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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