ECHR finds no issue in trial condemning former Romanian MEP Adrian Severin to 4 years in jail

ECHR finds no issue in trial condemning former Romanian MEP Adrian Severin to 4 years in jail

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found no issue with the trial process in Romania that saw former MEP Adrian Severin condemned to 4 years in jail for influence-peddling. In 2011 the British weekly newspaper The Sunday Times published an article suggesting acts of corruption at the European Parliament, targeting several MEPs, Severin included….