Qatargate: Main Suspect MEP Kaili Released From Prison
Eva Kaili, now under electronic monitoring, continues to vigorously assert her innocence through her lawyer.
Eva Kaili, now under electronic monitoring, continues to vigorously assert her innocence through her lawyer.
The raid has affected the EPP’s tense office politics amid a larger pushback against plans to take the group to the Right ahead of the 2024 elections.
Centrist parties need a coalition pact, the Renew leader said, that would guarantee them top EU positions and prevent any right-wing alliance.
Hololei resigned from his top position in the transport department and will move to a new role within the Commission despite accusations of unethical behaviour.
One of Europe’s most important corruption cases may be jeopardised by inter-European legal technicalities.
MEPs-turned-lobbyists will have a harder time getting back to business under the new rules aimed to curb corruption in Brussels in the fallout of Qatargate.
Instead of a third party, Hololei himself was the only official to sign off on accepting junkets to Qatar—while he negotiated a controversial aviation deal with the Qatari government.
Freedom of information requests reveal that senior EU transport official Henrik Hololei enjoyed trips to Qatar while he and his office were negotiating a controversial open skies agreement with the Gulf state.
Leftists MEPs are more likely to have neglected the rules before, finds Transparency International’s new report.
Maria Arena and Alessandra Moretti have been added to the list of suspects in Qatargate. Both MEPs previously accepted junkets to Qatar.