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Politico.eu: EU Commissioner Marta Kos accused of working for Yugoslav secret police
2026-03-14 13:54:06 / BOTA
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos is facing fresh allegations that she collaborated with the Yugoslav secret police in the 1980s, after a member of the European Parliament claimed to have new evidence. According to POLITICO , the allegations, which emerged during the Slovenian commissioner’s confirmation hearing in Parliament in 2024 and which Kos later denied, have resurfaced ahead of Slovenia’s March 22 elections with the support of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s own party.
Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc, vice-chair of the center-right European People's Party, the largest group in the Parliament, said on Thursday that she had written to the Commission claiming she had new evidence that Kos collaborated with the Yugoslav spy agency and demanding an investigation. Tomc told POLITICO that Kos was not being honest when she claimed she did not cooperate with the secret service.
“Romana Tomc has kept the EPP Group closely informed about the latest revelations regarding Commissioner Marta Kos. The Group will examine the matter carefully. For the time being, we note that Commissioner Kos has not denied these new revelations. The ball is now in her court,” said an EPP spokesperson.
Kos did not respond to POLITICO’s repeated requests for comment. But a Commission official said Kos went through a thorough and extensive vetting process to become a commissioner, adding that the Parliament approved Commissioner Kos’s appointment in the same process as all 27 Commissioners. An official close to the commissioner’s office, who was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive allegations, told POLITICO that Kos is well aware that political opponents will use these kinds of things to score points in the Slovenian elections, but she is very focused on her work as enlargement commissioner.
Kos will appear before Parliament's foreign affairs committee on Monday to discuss enlargement and is also expected to face questions about the allegations. The Slovenian MEP's questions to the Commission include whether the EU executive intends to investigate the allegations against Kos and whether further revelations could affect the commissioner's credibility.
“I was never a collaborator or informant of the Yugoslav secret service ,” Kos told MEPs at her 2024 hearing, calling the accusations lies and disinformation. Slovenia goes to the polls later this month, pitting the left-liberal governing coalition, to which Kos previously belonged, against the right-wing Democratic Party of Slovenia, to which Tomc belongs. The latter is currently leading in the polls.
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