The former president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer is under investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), his lawyer confirmed to dpa on Tuesday. The EPPO is investigating corruption, abuse of influence and “misappropriation of EU funds,” according to a statement released on Monday. The probe centres around a severance payment for a former employee of the EIB that Hoyer signed off on, according to Hoyer’s lawyer, Nikolaos Gazeas. As is usual practice, the director general of Human Resources and the secretary general of the EIB discussed a termination agr…