13 minutes agoThe EP's president reacts to bribery and corruption scandal: We will cooperate with justice
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Following the arrest of four eurodeputs, including European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, for corruption, has reacted to the institution's president, Roberta Metsola. Strasbourg's top official said parliament is committed to co-operating with justice to fight corruption. The European Parliament stands firm against corruption. At this stage, we cannot [...]
Strasbourg's top official said parliament is committed to co-operating with justice to fight corruption.
The European Parliament stands firm against corruption. At this stage, we cannot comment on the investigations that are still under way, except to confirm that we will fully co-operate with all relevant implementation and judicial law with all relevant authorities. We will do everything we can to help justice. ”
A day earlier, Belgium's Federal Prosecutor's Office reported that four people, named a lot of <x0-active ones at the European Parliament”, have been arrested amid corruption allegations in a Persian Gulf country.
Greek Socialist Eurodeput, Eva Cili, who is also one of 14 European Parliament deputy speakers, has been questioned in Brussels on Friday evening.
Media say it is being investigated as suspected of a major corruption issue related to Qatar's 2022 World.
With once after the news was published, the leader of Paok Nikos Androulakis, at the same time, has reacted immediately and has expelled him from the ranks of the Socialist Party of Greece.
The other three detainees are Luca Visentini, newly elected Secretary-General of the International Confederacy of Unions, former President Pierre-Antonio Panzer and Francesco Giorgi, Italian husband of Eurodeputes Kyle.
As the Belgian media underlines, the only way to arrest a Eurodeput protected by his immunity is to arrest him influenza. Reference to European media sources, Qatar officials had tried to bribe an Italian socialist Eurodeput, who was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2019. Investigators suspect that a Gulf state tried to influence the European Parliament's political and economic decisions. It is believed that considerable amounts of money or gifts have been distributed to Europarliamen with political or strategic positions.
Controls have been conducted in 16 houses and 600 thousand euros in cash and mobile have been confiscated./Okéu. com
