Eva Kaili, former vice-president of the European Parliament, will be released from prison to go under house arrest with an electronic wristband. The Belgian judiciary has also decided to release the last suspect in prison in the Qatarargate investigation. The decision was made by investigating judge Michel Claise. The Belgian judiciary recently decided to wear […]
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Qatargate: Panzeri released after 4 months in detention
The Brussels Court decided to stay the detention of Antonio Panzeri. Laurent Kennes, the lawyer of the former deputy of the Democratic Party and First Article, who was arrested as part of the Qatargate investigation last December 9, told the Belgian Rtbf channel that he could go home with an electronic wristband. He has to […]
The case of Eva Kaili, who was prevented from seeing her little daughter
A new round of hearings is scheduled for suspects in the Qatargate investigation at the Palace of Justice in Brussels today. Belgian justice must decide whether to approve the prison for European Parliament MP Marc Tarabella, who was arrested last Saturday following the revelation of what is considered by investigators to be the mastermind of […]
One in five MPs traveled at the expense of foreign countries or lobbies
More MEPs, 140 so far, are in a hurry to announce paid travel from foreign countries, often late. It will be the duty of each Member of the European Parliament, in accordance with Chamber rules, to register trips ‘sponsored’ by third parties within two months of the trip. However, as a poll by the newspaper […]
“How Corruption Gets into the European Parliament”
While the defendants in the Qatargate investigation deal with Belgian justice, the European Parliament is trying to understand how such a grave scandal could have escaped the internal control system. Photos of cash-filled bags associated with the agency the commission is supposed to oversee, and the defamation is mocking the Assembly for being at the […]
Qatargate awakens MPs’ memory: the race for travel and gift statements
The corruption investigation in the European Parliament seems to refresh the memory of many MPs who ‘forgot’ to declare gifts and trips offered by foreign institutions or organisations. In fact, Members of the European Parliament must declare “participation in an event organized by a third party” to their Eurochamber offices when they fully or partially […]
“Kaili tortured, isolated in the cold, Panzeri bargained”: lawyers’ complaint
“This is torture, this is the Middle Ages.” The harsh accusations against the Belgian justice system came from the lawyers of Eva Kaili, former Vice-President of the European Parliament and former Vice-President of the European Parliament, who has been in prison since 9 December as part of the Qatargate investigation. According to his lawyer Michalis […]