The Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet) has launched a supervisory case against the Christian Democrats’ EU parliamentarian Alice Teodorescu Måwe. The reason is “concrete information” that she has not correctly reported money or other contributions she has received.
– According to our information, this particular person has not reported any income for 2024, Kammarkollegiet’s lawyer Emma Ström tells Samnytt.

The background is that on February 11 this year, Teodorescu Måwe submitted a new declaration of Members’ private interests to the European Parliament. This was highlighted a month later by the newspaper Flamman.

In addition to money and contributions from organizations such as the Jewish Young Men’s Association, the European Jewish Congress, and B’nai B’rith International, the KD politician also states that she “receives ongoing financial support from a private donor related to personal security arrangements.”

It is particularly this last item of support that raises questions.

Refuses to answer questions

Alice Teodorescu Måwe does mention in her disclosure that she receives money from a “private donor,” but she does not state who that is or how much money is involved.

When she was asked about the money last week on SVT’s “30 minuter,” she did not even want to say whether the donor is a company, an organization, or a private individual.

– I won’t be able to say for the simple reason that it concerns the safety of myself and my family, she said cryptically, without clarifying the connection.

In recent days, Teodorescu Måwe has faced sharp criticism, with some even directing accusations of corruption at her—suggesting that the money she receives could be payment for political services.

This recalls a scandal that shook the European Parliament three years ago, where several MEPs were accused of being bribed by Qatar and Morocco. The Greek social democrat Eva Kaili was one of those arrested in the affair.

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Supervisory case initiated

After the disclosure about Alice Teodorescu Måwe’s secret sponsor, Kammarkollegiet received 35 complaints on Wednesday against the MEP regarding suspected violations of the Act on Transparency in Party Financing.

Based on these, a supervisory case has been initiated against her.

– We can initiate a supervisory case if we receive concrete information that a party or a member has either reported incorrect information or has not reported at all, says Kammarkollegiet’s administrator Henrik Wilhelmsson to Samnytt.

Wilhelmsson explains that the Act on Transparency in Party Financing—also known simply as the Transparency Act—is a relatively new law that covers elected politicians in Sweden.

– If you are a member or an alternate for a member in a political assembly—this could be a municipal council, regional council, the parliament, or the European Parliament—and if you have received contributions over half a price base amount, you must report it, he says.

The administrator emphasizes that it does not matter if Alice Teodorescu Måwe has submitted a “declaration of Members’ private interests” to the European Parliament. That disclosure is on the EU level and has nothing to do with Swedish legislation.

– We work with the Transparency Act. Swedish law. If the European Parliament has its own rules, that’s not for Kammarkollegiet to handle, says Wilhelmsson.

So, just submitting something to the European Parliament is not enough. You also need to report it in Sweden. Is that correct?

– You should check whether you are obliged to report according to the Transparency Act. What individual members have for other commitments is not our concern.

Has not reported anything at all

However, Alice Teodorescu Måwe has not submitted any report to Kammarkollegiet at all. This is what Emma Ström, legal officer at Kammarkollegiet, tells Samnytt.

– We receive a number of income disclosures each year, but according to our information, this particular person has not reported any income for 2024, she says, adding:

– She was elected to the European Parliament in 2024. It is only from the year you are elected to a political assembly that you are required to report.

Any contributions the KD leader received during the previous year do not have to be reported until July 1 of this year. Therefore, they are not covered by the current supervisory case.

If it emerges that Teodorescu Måwe has not followed the transparency rules, the consequences are not very severe.

– There may be an administrative fee if someone breaches their duty to report, says Henrik Wilhelmsson.

The administrative fee is 20,000 kronor. MEPs receive a monthly salary, after tax, of almost 100,000 kronor. In addition, they receive various per diems and other compensation.

Does not risk imprisonment

The Greek MEP Eva Kaili and several others were imprisoned for their involvement in the bribery and corruption scandal three years ago. Alice Teodorescu Måwe does not need to worry about this happening to her—even if something very serious emerges during the investigation.

– The only things we can supervise are whether someone who should have submitted an income report has not done so; whether an income report is incorrect; and whether someone has received anonymous contributions. Those are the only three types of investigations we can do under the Transparency Act. Further than that, we cannot investigate. We do not review the parties or the members otherwise, says Emma Ström.

But if it turns out that a member is a Russian spy, for example, wouldn’t you turn that over to the Special Prosecutor’s Office?

– No, our supervision only concerns whether she has followed the rules in the Transparency Act or not.

It is also far from certain that Alice Teodorescu Måwe will have to pay anything at all.

– We have not finished our assessment, so we have not taken a position yet, says administrator Henrik Wilhelmsson.

Samnytt has contacted Alice Teodorescu Måwe and the Christian Democrats. They have not responded. Alice Teodorescu Måwe’s disclosure of private interests also reveals that in 2025 she purchased shares in the arms manufacturers Saab AB, Rheinmetall, and Hensoldt AG.