Von der Leyen has called for the European institutions to be governed by “high standards of independence and integrity”, the same day that it was known that Kailí more than doubled its bank deposits in two years.
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenhas asked this Monday that the European institutions be governed by “high standards of independence and integrity”, after the alleged scandal corruption in the European Parliament linked to Qatar. The Vice President of the European Parliament (EP), the Greek Social Democrat Eva Kailimore than doubled its bank deposits in two years, according to its own annual declarations of assets that are available on the website of the Hellenic Parliament.
“Trust requires high standards of independence and integrity”, said Von der Leyen at a press conference, who recalled that the European Commission has proposed the creation of a body to monitor compliance with good practices in the European institutions.
Vice-President of the Commission for the European Lifestyle, Margaritis Schinastraveled to Doha to attend the opening of the World Cup, although Von der Leyen has avoided referring to that visit and has limited himself to verifying that “all” the meetings of the commissioners “are published” in the transparency register.
In a press conference that ended with shouts from a journalist complaining that Von der Leyen was not answering all the questions about the scandal, the German has indicated that Brussels is “working” with Qatar in the fight against climate change, the defense of human rights, as well as in the purchase of its gas to dissociate itself from the one that the EU acquires from Russia.
A journalist complains that von der Leyen has not answered all questions about the scandal
For her part, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsolahas ensured that the plans of those who have tried to interfere in the processes of the European Parliament “have failed” and has announced a series of measures to improve transparency and investigate the full scope of the scandal.
“The enemies of democracy, for whom the existence of this Parliament is a threat, will stop at nothing. Their malicious plans have failed. Our services, of which I am tremendously proud, have worked with the relevant Belgian authorities to uncover this supposed criminal network”, Metsola said at the start of this week’s plenary session in Strasbourg.
The German Foreign Minister, annalena baerbock, has said that the “credibility” of the EU is at stake after the outbreak of the scandal. The head of German diplomacy has not ruled out the possibility that there are “consequences in different areas” because “we have never experienced a case like this”, although she has asked that justice clarify what happened beforehand.
The Italian Minister of Justice, carlo nordiohas affirmed that this scandal is “alarming” and, although he has asked to wait for the end of the investigation, he has recognized that “the worst thing” is that everything happens in an institution like the PE.
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola. Photo: EFE
anti-corruption NGO International Transparency has called for urgently undertaking a complete reform of the ethics and integrity systems of the institutions of the European Union as a result of the scandal.
“Independent ethical oversight is urgently needed to put an end to a system of self-regulation that is clearly not working,” the organization said in a statement, calling it a “bribery and corruption scandal of epic proportions” revealed on Friday. passed through the Belgian authorities.
Source: Eitb
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