Qatargate: Kaili To Remain in Custody Through Christmas
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.
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.
Belgian court documents indicate that former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri was not only advising MEPs within the S&D to favor Qatar, but Morocco as well.
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.
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