Make UKIP Pay

The 21st December was the deadline for a UKIP-led group to repay €172,000 to the European Parliament after having been found guilty of using EU money on political campaigning in the U.K. I can confirm today it has not paid.Last November auditors for the European Parliament found the UKIP-dominated Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe guilty of spending over €500,000 of EU grant money on multiple opinion polls and analysis that directly aided UKIP ahead of the 2015 general election and Brexit campaigns.

Many of the opinion polls were conducted in the key seats UKIP were targeting in the General Election, including Nigel Farage's own seat of South Thanet.

The European Parliament, which awards annual operational grants to European political parties and foundations, strictly prohibits the spending of these grants on financing national election campaigns and candidates or referendum campaigns.

he rules are clear and UKIP broke them. UKIP now have to repay €172,000 and the rest will be withheld from them out of future funding.

Please co-sign my letter demanding UKIP pay the money back immediately.

http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/page/s/make-ukip-pay

Next Tuesday the European Parliament will announce the successor to the current President, Martin Shultz, who stands down on Monday. We want to ensure that the new President enforces the EU rules and makes UKIP repay the money in full.