
EU Parliament Bribery Plot: Murky and Ever Thickening
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.
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.
The asset freeze applies to Kaili and her immediate relatives’ (husband, parents, siblings) bank accounts, safes, companies, real estate, and other financial assets.
Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi also slammed left-liberal MEPS in a tweet, saying: “So basically [left-liberals] have fabricated lies about corruption in Hungary for years, and now their leading politician, the Vice-President of the European Parliament is involved in the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the EU. Hypocrisy at its best!”
The controversial appointment is said to have negatively affected the police response to the so-called Koran riots in April.
For the first time, head of state Emmanuel Macron is directly targeted by an investigation launched by the national financial prosecutor.
Soumahoro’s election had become a symbol of integration and meritocracy—a strong message to put on display at the time of Meloni’s victory. Today, his position is shaken by a scandal involving his wife and his mother-in-law.
Several scandals have exposed the internal dysfunctions and lack of truthfulness of many bishops, despite protests of transparency by the Church of France.
The French president considers these cases a challenge to his political authority, and he has no intention of yielding. For the moment, there is no official reaction to either affair by the Élysée.
In his speech to the nation, PM Mitsotakis attempted damage control by calling the phone-tapping legal, but wrong.
There are indications that these charges point to a larger architecture of illegal financing of Podemos by the Venezuelan government.