The Belgian police raided the headquarters of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Brussels on Tuesday [4 April], a source close to the matter told EURACTIV.com.

“Belgian policemen raided the first and third floor of the headquarters of the party in Rue du Commerce”, the source said.

According to the initial information, the police seized computers related to an ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption during the 2019 EU election campaign.

CDU lawmaker Mario Voigt was in charge of the EPP’s digital campaign, and the inquiries centre on the awarding of the contract for the digital campaign to a company in Thuringia, according to German media reports. Voigt is now leader of the CDU in Thuringia.

No details were made available about the purpose of the raid.

The conservative EPP is the oldest and biggest European political group. An EPP source told EURACTIV that a statement will be issued later today.