He added: “I have told her that I am not an expert on SAF but was willing to provide comments. She had at the time of asking no knowledge of the fact that I am VP PA for Alcogroup; she asked me as an expert on renewable energy.”
He said he was advising the Czech MEP “as a private person only” and not in his capacity at Alcogroup, which he said has no commercial stake in sustainable aviation fuels, nor is it planning to.
The case underscored the problems of lawmakers getting lobbyists to give input on questions without acknowledging it, said Nick Aiossa, director at Transparency International EU.
“Given the MEP in question has seemingly declared no meetings with this lobbyist, this highlights why the European Parliament must mandate a lobbying footprint for all legislative activity, so that European citizens can see who is really shaping the decisions made for them,” he said.
One of Nagyová’s political rivals, Martin Schirdewan, co-chair of the Left group, said: “In front of the cameras, the right-wingers act as if they are concerned about the people, and in Parliament, when the cameras are off, they help mega-corporations push through their profit-driven laws.”
Parliamentary immunity
Nagyová has only been working as an MEP since 2024 but has already found herself in hot water in Brussels.
