The president of the PSD, Luís Montenegro, said Thursday that the European People’s Party is “extremely committed to reinforcing transparency” in the institutions of the European Union (EU), due to the corruption scandal involving the former vice president of the European Parliament. Eva Kailli.
The EPP is very committed to being able to reinforce transparency in the European institutions, whose credibility is strongly affected by this episode of a socialist vice-president of the European Parliament”, declared Luís Montenegro.
Speaking to Portuguese journalists in Brussels on the sidelines of a European People’s Party summit, the Social Democratic leader stressed that “this is, in fact, a heavy blow to the credibility of the European institutions and deserves to be investigated to the end.” impact”.
“I would like to register here with satisfaction the firm position of the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metola [também do PPE]with whose intervention content I completely identify”, said Luís Montenegro.
At stake is the corruption scandal that has shaken the European Parliament in recent days, with the arrest of several suspects of involvement in an alleged bribery plot by Qatar to influence the political decisions of the European assembly, including a then Vice President of Parliament. European Championship, the Greek Eva Kaili, meanwhile stripped of her duties.
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On Tuesday, the president of the European Parliament assumed “fury, anger and sadness” with the corruption case involving members of that assembly, but guaranteed that the institution works fairly and announced an internal reform to strengthen transparency.
Addressing the chamber at the start of the plenary session, Roberta Metsola began by trusting that the last few days have been “some of the longest” of her career, given the police investigation that led to the arrest of several people, including a vice-president. the president of the European Parliament, the Greek MEP Eva Kaili, for her alleged involvement in a corruption case related to bribery from Qatar to influence the institution’s decisions regarding the holding of the World Cup in that country.
The former vice-president of the European Parliament remains in pretrial detention at least until next week
I have to choose my words very carefully so as not to in any way compromise ongoing investigations or undermine the principle of the presumption of innocence, and I will. Therefore, if my anger, my anger and my sadness do not manifest themselves, believe me that they are very present, along with my determination to make this house stronger” after this scandal, declared the Maltese leader.
Greek MEP Eva Kaili, Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the European Socialists (S&D) caucus, is detained in Belgium for alleged involvement in a corruption case related to bribery from Qatar to influence the decisions of the European Parliament on the headquarters of the 2022 edition of the soccer World Cup in that country.
A Belgian judge decided this Sunday to charge her along with three other people -among them her partner, the Italian Francesco Giorgi- for the crime of participation in a criminal organization, money laundering and corruption.
Source: Observadora
