The alleged corruption plot involving Qatar and to people linked to the European Parliament, it also splashes some of their relatives. Thus, after meeting the arrest of one of the vice presidents of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, and that of her partner, a collaborator linked to the group of Socialists and Social Democrats, ‘The vanguard‘advance that too Kaili’s father would have been arrested.
According to the aforementioned newspaper, which cites sources familiar with the investigation, he was surprised while He was trying to run away with several bags full of money. cash.
Among the detainees, according to the newspapers ‘Le Soir’ and ‘Knack’, also included the recently elected president of the International Trade Union Confederation, Luca Visentini and the former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri. Also his wife and daughterMaria Colleoni and Silvia Panzeri, they were arrested on Friday in Italy, according to Italian media cited by the Efe agency.
The alleged corruption plot
The Belgian Prosecutor’s Office has suspected for months that the political and economic decisions taken in the European Parliament could be influenced by Qatar.
Kaili, one of the vice presidents of the chamber, is the highest position among the detainees and just a few weeks ago, before the World Cup, met with senior Qatari officialswhile, from the podium, spoke of discrimination against the country, which he defended as a “leader in labor rights”.
In fact, he criticized the branding of those who have good relations with that monarchy as corrupt, such as those that, as it is now suspected, she maintained herself. According to local media, in the registry of his home cash was found in bags and a suitcase, and Kaili’s own father preparing to flee with them.
The authorities suspect that those involved in the plot received substantial amounts of money and gifts to influence decisions of the MEPs. The ringleader would be the former MEP Panzerinow run by a human rights NGO.
In his house they would have met more than half a million euros in cash. The rest of the detainees are his wife and daughter, Visentini and two other advisers to the European Parliament.
The president of the chamber, Roberta Metsolahas assured through Twitter that the European Parliament “remains firm against corruption” and has guaranteed its cooperation with the police and judicial authorities: “We will do everything possible to help the course of Justice,” he assured.
For the time being, the European Parliament could paralyze debates on measures now put in doubtsuch as the proposal not to require visas for Qatari citizens to enter the European Union.
Source: Lasexta
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