“At the request of the Belgian judiciary, I have launched an emergency procedure to waive the immunity of two Members of the European Parliament. There will be no impunity. No,” he wrote.
Following a request from the Belgian judicial authorities, I initiated an urgent procedure for the waiver of the immunity of two Members of the European Parliament.
There will be no impunity. Nobody.
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) January 2, 2023
According to Political Europewe are talking about MEPs Mark Tarabella from Belgium and Andrea Cozzolino from Italy, who represent the faction of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
The case is connected with the now former Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kylie, who is suspected of having received large sums of money to put pressure on the interests of one of the Persian Gulf countries.
On the European Parliament website specifiedthat Metsola will announce the procedure for waiving immunity at the plenary meeting on 16 January.
“The perpetrators will see that this parliament is on the side of the law. Corruption cannot be justified and we will do everything to fight it,” the press service of the European Parliament said.
Metsola “asked all services and committees to prioritize this procedure with a view to its completion by February 13”.
Kylie arrested on December 9, 2022 as part of a corruption investigation in the interest of another country. According to The eveningwe are talking about Qatar, where the final tournament of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place.
Kylie’s lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos said his client is innocent and has “nothing to do with corruption from Qatar”.
In this case, Belgian police conducted more than 20 searches in mid-December and seized more than €1.5 million in cash, he said euronews.
Politico Europe clarified that Kylie was stripped of immunity automatically, as she is believed to have been detained for committing a crime.
