Raids were conducted in the office of the Secretary General of the Patriots EP faction on suspicion of embezzlement.

Searches were conducted at the office of the Secretary General of the Identity and Democracy (ID) group in Strasbourg, confirming suspicions of misuse of public funds. The investigation, led by the European Public Prosecutor's Office, focuses on the ID group's financial activities between 2019 and 2024, where approximately €4.3 million may have been misappropriated. The inquiry also involves members of the Patriotic Europeans group, particularly Philip Claeys, who previously held a similar position in the ID. The Patriotic group asserts there is no legal continuity with the ID and claims they are not implicated in the investigation. The European Parliament is cooperating with authorities, but questions arise regarding the accountability of the Patriotic group for the ID's past expenditures.