Around a week and a half before the European elections, the European Parliament has once again been searched – this time on suspicion of Russian influence peddling. This was announced by the Belgian public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. The AfD’s lead candidate in the European elections, Maximilian Krah, confirmed that the searches in Brussels and Strasbourg were directed against a former employee of his. The man now works for the Dutch MEP Marcel de Graaff from the extreme right-wing Forum for Democracy party. He expressed his surprise on Wednesday.