Outgoing EU prosecutor warns agency is being 'killed softly' as von der Leyen probe continues
Laura Codruța Kövesi cites underfunding, political pressure and resistance to cooperation in exit interview
Outgoing European Public Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi is ending her seven-year tenure with a stark warning that the bloc's anti-fraud body is being "killed softly" by political resistance and chronic underfunding, even as its high-profile investigation into European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over the "Pfizergate" vaccine deal remains open without an in-person statement from the subject.