BBC News, 14
January 2013
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Mr Strasser's meeting with British undercover reporters in 2011 sparked the probe |
Strasser,
56, of the conservative Austrian People's Party, was one of four MEPs caught up
in a "cash-for-laws" scandal in 2011.
He was
exposed by reporters from the UK's Sunday Times newspaper, who secretly filmed
him while posing as lobbyists.
Strasser
denied any wrongdoing.
He said he
had resigned to protect his conservative People's Party.
He said he
had guessed that the "lobbyists" were fake, but had played along with
the ruse in order to find out what was actually motivating the pair, who dined
with him before the Sunday Times expose in March 2011.
He was
filmed being offered a 100,000-euro (£81,000; $130,000) annual payment in
exchange for influencing EU legislation in the European Parliament.
Alexandra
Maruna, for the prosecution, said Strasser had "massively harmed European
politics" and deserved to be punished for abusing confidence in elected
officials.
Strasser
served as Austrian interior minister from 2000 to 2004 and in the European
Parliament from 2009 to 2011.
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“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013. They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."
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