A Jewish Conservative MP reportedly lobbied the European Union to grant special regulatory treatment to an energy firm nine months after receiving a donation from one of the company's directors.
According to the Times, in 2018, Andrew Percy wrote to the EU’s power network agency asking it to back a special request by energy company Aquind to be exempt from having to partner the French state transmission company in a £1.2 billion project to lay a cable across the channel and connect the two national power grids.
Such an exemption would have also allowed the firm to operate outside “cap and floor” regulations, which limit maximum profits and provide taxpayers guarantees on company earnings.
However, according to the Times, nine months earlier Mr Percy received a donation of £10,000 to his constituency party from Alexander Termerko, one of Aquind’s directors and a former Russian arms company boss.
