A look at the historical corruption case of the European Parliament one year after this scandal/all suspects have been released

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” Tagus Saitong wrote in an article: About a year after the biggest corruption scandal of the European Union in the parliament, the Belgian justice system has no plans to move forward and all the suspects were released.

In this way, the so-called Qatar Gate corruption case becomes more mysterious a year after the fascinating investigation and house searches in which bundles of cash from prominent members of the European Parliament were found. The suspects in this case are free and it seems that the Belgian judicial system will not be an opponent of this case. Deposed from his position as the Vice-President of the European Parliament, he has been going back and forth to the Parliament’s headquarters in Brussels and Strasbourg for a long time as if nothing had happened.

This famous 45-year-old Greek woman claims that she is the victim of a conspiracy. Socialist MEP Marie Arena, another suspect in the case who is considered an important informant, was also not prosecuted. The Belgian prosecutor’s office said they would not seek immunity waivers or arrests. According to Brussels, this does not mean that the investigation has stopped.

But so far these investigations have been largely inconclusive. Not a single member of parliament was brought to court, and Keeley and several other suspects were released from custody. Since the prominent investigating judge Michel Kells was forced to recuse himself from the case due to bias in the spring, the Belgian justice system has been deadlocked and has made no progress in the case.

Now it’s not even clear what exactly this case is about. Membership in a criminal organization, money laundering and corruption – these were the charges against Kelly a year ago. Investigators found €150,000 in cash in his Brussels apartment, and several million in bribes are said to have been paid in total. But from where? Is Qatar really behind this issue? Or, as the portal Politico, which specializes in EU issues, stated, is it more about Morocco?

Keley’s lawyers are working on his rehabilitation. According to them, the accusation of financial corruption is baseless. According to them, this was a process that was carried out to make it a spectacular trial. Kiley has since been sued over an alleged procedural error. If these lawyers are right, this whole case and process may collapse and apparently the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the European Union will explode. Of course, there is a possibility of re-opening the case.

In this way, shortly before the European elections in June, new revelations for the opponents of the European Union that maintain the bias of the “corrupt” politicians of the European Union. They do, it will be important. But the hands of the European Parliament are tied. This body has decided not to form its investigation committee. MEPs relied heavily on the Belgian judiciary – and adopted stricter transparency rules. But if it turns out that everything is different from what was previously known, these rules can be insufficient. resulted in. Currently, there are no signs that the situation will improve anytime soon. Brussels is eagerly awaiting the next twist in this highly explosive political scandal.

Last year, a case against members of the European Parliament was launched in which the governments of Qatar and Morocco were accused of Members of the European Union Parliament have been bribed to influence the policy of Brussels.

During their investigations, Belgian investigators have searched several residences, including the home of one of the members of the European Parliament in They searched for a connection with this scandal.

“Pierre Antonio Panzeri”, a former member of the Italian Parliament, one of the main figures at the time, had admitted that he paid huge sums of money to the representatives. The European Parliament has given. Investigators found €600,000 in cash during a search of his home in December. Eva Kylie, a former vice-president of the European Parliament, is said to be among the recipients. The dismissal of the vice president of this European institution tightened the rules to prevent foreign influences.

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