New development in the misfortune that rocked the EU! Eva Kaili released
According to the story based on Kaili’s lawyer in the Belgian press, the Belgian court that oversaw the investigation decided that the former vice-president of the European Parliament, Eva Kaili, should be released from prison and placed under house arrest.
In the information provided by the prosecution, it was reported that Kaili will remain under house arrest with an electronic handcuff.
Kaili, 44, a Greek member of the European Parliament, has requested his release several times since his arrest in December, but was denied.
Kaili, who has a two-year-old daughter, was the last person detained in prison as part of the investigation following the release yesterday of Belgian MP Marc Tarabella.
CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
As part of the investigation carried out by the Belgian authorities, in December 2022 searches were carried out at many points, 1.5 million euros in cash were seized and 4 people were arrested.
The detainees were announced to be Greek MEP Eva Kaili, whose EP vice-president was sacked, Italian former EP MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, Kaili’s boyfriend Francesco Giorgi, who was working as an EP assistant, and Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, director of the non-governmental organization that works for the rule of law. Figa-Talamanca was released later.
STOP AFTER 1 WEEK
Giorgi was alleged to have said in his statement that two MEPs, Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella, received money from Panzeri.
The president of the EP, Roberta Metsola, started the process to lift the immunity of Cozzolino and Tarabella. Cozzolino and Tarabella, whose immunity was lifted on February 2, were arrested a week later.
It was alleged that these individuals accepted bribes from a Gulf country to influence the economic and political decisions of the European Parliament. Qatar, which was mentioned in the news on the matter, denied the allegations.
In some news, it was claimed that Morocco bribed these people as well and that Moroccan intelligence and the Moroccan ambassador in Warsaw, Abderrahim Atmoun, met with the suspects. (AA)