Standardized corruption rules could be coming for all member states, although Brussels might have a hard time getting countries to accept further erosion of their sovereignty.
The former judge resigned over attempts to bypass the Supreme Court as the Greek Parliament passed legislation to ban the National Party from standing in next month’s election.
The raid relates to a corruption case against top EPP official Mario Voigt, with allegations that the CDU politician awarded a contract to design an EPP campaign app on the basis of bribery.
Kaili’s defense team maintains that their client is innocent and was never bribed, as she “did not know about the existence” of the €150,000 in cash found in her Brussels apartment.
While main suspect Eva Kaili gets most of the attention, the corruption case’s wider ripple effect, particularly in diplomatic relations with the major energy supplier, is making itself felt.
The text that was finally voted on calls for a commission of inquiry, but only once the legal proceedings have been completed, i.e., in effect, during the next term.
Membership, current or past, of the EU Parliament’s ‘Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats’ group appears to be the shared trait among most of the five suspects.
