Published: March 1st, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025
Klaus Welle was Secretary General of the European Parliament from 2009 until the end of 2022.
As Secretary General of the European Parliament, Klaus Welle has been one of the most influential people in Brussels over the past 14 years. In an interview with Markus Grabitz, he talks about the next European elections, the corruption scandal and what it has to do with the secret services.
Mr. Welle, are there structural weaknesses in the European Parliament that explain why the corruption scandal could occur?