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2026-03-25 18:50:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Accusations of collaboration with the Yugoslav secret police/ Marta Kos will

European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, will face questions from European MPs at the end of next month regarding allegations of her cooperation with the security structures of the former Yugoslavia.

The meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), in which Commissioner Kos will participate, is scheduled for April 20.

The European People's Party (EPP), as the largest political group in the European Parliament, has requested an extraordinary hearing. However, as Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL) was told, instead of an extraordinary hearing, a regular meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee will be held, replacing the meeting previously scheduled for March 16.

That meeting, although scheduled weeks in advance, was canceled by Kos, citing a busy agenda. The cancellation occurred immediately after new information regarding her biography emerged.

The European Commissioner for Enlargement from Slovenia has faced accusations of being a collaborator with the Yugoslav secret police, known as the UDB, after the book “The Commissioner” by Slovenian author Igor Omerza was promoted in the European Parliament on March 10. The book presents documents that the author claims prove that Marta Kos collaborated with the Yugoslav secret police.

The European Commission denies that Kos collaborated with the security structures of the former Yugoslavia. EC officials refer to an extensive and detailed vetting process during her nomination by Slovenia for the post of Commissioner.

“The European Parliament approved her appointment in the same process as for all 27 commissioners. The EP’s Legal Affairs Committee examined her declaration of interests and found no conflict of interest. The European Commission has no further comments,” European Commission spokesman Guillaume Mercier said on March 13.

The State Security Directorate (SD) was formed in Yugoslavia immediately after the end of World War II, in 1946, and in 1966 it was renamed the State Security Service.

The UDB was known for its role in persecuting political opponents in Yugoslavia in the years following World War II, while a significant part of its activities in the decades that followed was focused on pursuing and acting against members of the diaspora who were considered opponents of Yugoslav interests.

Accusations that Kos was a collaborator with the Yugoslav secret police first emerged in 2024, during the confirmation hearing for her nomination as Slovenia's candidate for European Commissioner.

Kos has consistently denied these accusations, while the new meeting on April 20 will be the first opportunity for her to speak out after the new facts published in the book, which have prompted a new wave of accusations. /REL