(Washington Insider Magazine) – The European Parliament starts the procedure for the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of Marc Tarabella (PS) and the Italian socialist Andrea Cozzolino. That has been confirmed to our editors.
Both Social Democrats were mentioned in connection with Qatargate, the investigation into corruption in the European Parliament. In mid -December, the Greek vice -president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili and her Italian partner Francesco Giorgi were arrested in Brussels, just like the Italian former European PPRLS Antonio Panzeri.
Via the NGO Fight Impunity of Panzeri and Giorgi, hundreds of thousands of euros corruption money from the States Qatar and Morocco would have flowed to certain European MPs. The court suspects that the money went to Kaili, Cozzolino and Tarabella, among others.
Francesco Giorgi Works as a Parliamentary Employee
Francesco Giorgi works as a parliamentary employee of the Italian Social Democrat Andrea Cozzolino. The PS’er Tarabella, mayor of Anthisnes, is a good friend of Panzeri and Cozzolino and has taken a remarkable pro-Qatar views in the European Parliament in recent months.
Maxime Töller, Marc Tarabella’s lawyer, says that his client is satisfied with the decision to lift his inviolability. “We know nothing officially. But Mr. Tarabella already wrote a letter to the investigating judge fourteen days ago with the urgent question to be interrogated. That his inviolability is now being lifted, that will now make it possible. His position does not change that question to cancel the inviolability. Mr. Tarabella denies any form of corruption. “
Because she was caught red -handed with presumably bribes, no separate demand for cancellation of the inviolability of Eva Kaili was needed. She has been arrested and is in jail. Speurders found 150,000 euros in her apartment and 750,000 euros in a travel suitcase that her father tried to smuggle out of the country.
This article is originally published on standaard.be
