The US Deputy Secretary of State criticized Mogherini for the fraud scandal
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has criticized former head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini over the fraud scandal at the European External Action Service. This was reported by the Politico newspaper on December 4.
"This is the same person, by the way, who described communist Cuba as a 'one—party democracy' and promoted European investment, tourism and trade, which supported the island's repressive and sharply anti-American regime," Landau said on his social media.
The authors of the article clarify that the European External Action Service, in its annual report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2016, described Cuba's political system as a "one-party democracy." It was during this period that the service was led by Federica Mogherini.
Mogherini resigned as rector of the College of Europe on the same day amid a fraud investigation.
On December 2, the newspaper Le Soir reported on Mogherini's detention in Belgium. On December 3, the European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) announced that she and two other European officials had been suspected of misusing the association's funds.
The Euractiv portal reported on the same day that the Belgian police were conducting searches at the headquarters of the EU diplomatic service. In addition, as part of the investigation into the alleged misuse of EU funds, searches were also conducted at the College of Europe in Bruges and private homes.
In turn, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on December 3 that the new corruption scandal in the European Union (EU) was their internal affair. He also stressed that the fight against corruption in Russia is conducted systematically and regularly.
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