Qatar bribery crisis escalates in the European Parliament: new details emerge

New information keeps coming in about Qatar’s attempt to infiltrate European politics by bribing the host of the World Cup. On Friday, several high-ranking personalities, including the vice-president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, were arrested after the operation.

While this incident shocked Brussels and EU politics, another high-ranking Italian politician, Antonio Panzeri, who was arrested, is under scrutiny. Corriere Della Sera, one of the most widely read newspapers in Italy, shared new information about detainee Panzeri, her daughter Silvia and her husband Maria Dolores Colleoni and the details of the bribe received by the Italian politician.

In the Belgian media news it is seen that Kaili had a meeting with a Qatari minister.

The Italian media, which revealed that the Italian politician’s vacation was paid for with bribes from Qatar, announced that 9 thousand euros per person were organized for the Christmas parties. In Corriere Della Sera news, after learning the details of such a holiday last year, Panzeri’s wife, Maria Dolores Colleoni, said: “We cannot afford a holiday of hundreds of thousands of euros like the year past. Only 9 thousand euros per person is very, very expensive, ”she said.

While the Italian media wrote that the Panzeri family loves to travel and go to many luxurious places and post on social media, they “shared everything without thinking that no one would suspect.”

38 year old daughter

The Italian media focused especially on Silvia Panzeri, the 38-year-old lawyer who is the daughter of the Panzeri family. Despite her young age, Silvia Panzeri, who has a home and office in Milan and also works in many non-governmental organizations, shares social media with her friends at the pool in Miami. She is seen having fun and sharing photos of him walking in Montreal a few weeks later. The origin of the money from Silvia Panzeri, who shared a photo in Souq Waqif in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on November 27, aroused curiosity.

While it was explained that the Belgian police knew that the origin of Silvia Panzeri’s money was the bribes her father received, it was also pointed out that the Moroccan ambassador in Poland had gifts such as covering these travel expenses.

are under house arrest

On the other hand, Italian media reported that Panzeri and his wife did not use their credit cards and that they used the credit card of a third person nicknamed “giant.”

After the incident, it was announced that the first case would be seen on December 19. The authorities announced that it was decided to place Panzeri’s daughter and husband under house arrest.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE ANGRY

On the other hand, in the Italian media news, the neighbors of the Panzeris in Calusco d’Adda announced that they could not get over the shock of the incident.

The residents, who did not reveal their names, said: “We followed these events in the newspaper and we were shocked.” Speaking to the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, local government officials said: “We feel betrayed and disappointed. This made us very angry,” he said.