Media: Former deputy head of the European Parliament Eva Kaili confessed. “I knew about the suitcases with the money”

“I knew about Panzeri’s activities and I knew there were suitcases full in my house,” Eva Kaili told the judge. Italian and Belgian newspapers report, citing investigators, that the former vice-president admitted that she knew about bribes and the involvement in corruption of her partner Francesco Giorgi and former Italian MEP Antonio Panzeri.

Corruption scandal. Eva Kaili arrested

As we read in the foreign press, according to Belgian investigators, Eva Kaili tried to inform Panzeri and two members of the European Parliament about the investigation. The former deputy head of the EP also informed her father, who had been arrested in a hotel while trying to escape with a suitcase of money.

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Both Eva Kaili and Francesco Giorgi and Antonio Panzeri are in custody in Belgium. They were arrested in connection with a corruption scandal involving lobbying for .

Corruption scandal in Qatar. The European Parliament proposes a reform plan

The European Parliament voted last week on a motion for a resolution to set up a commission to investigate corruption in this institution. In the draft resolution, MEPs wrote that they were appalled by recent events. The MPs demand the establishment of a special commission to investigate cases of alleged bribery of MEPs, their assistants and other employees of EU institutions by third countries.

Also last week, the European Parliament dismissed Eva Kaili as Vice-President of the Chamber. MEPs voted almost unanimously for its recall – 625 people were in favor, one against, and two abstained from voting. Eva Kaili is one of four people arrested so far in a high-profile Belgian police investigation.

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has proposed a 10-point reform plan in response to the corruption scandal. It’s about Qatar buying influence, donating large sums of money and expensive gifts.