“At this point, we cannot comment on the ongoing investigations, but we confirm that we are cooperating and will co-operate with all law enforcement and justice authorities,” Roberta Mitsola wrote on social media.
The vice president of the European Parliament, who was detained on Friday, spent the night in custody. Eva Kaili is Greek and belongs to a group of social democrats. And she belonged because the faction had already announced that it would immediately suspend its membership.
Given the seriousness of the allegations, l time And explanations, the faction called for the suspension of any documents related to the Gulf states and the cancellation of scheduled visits. Belgian media reported that four people had been arrested. Five people have been arrested so far. He is also a former MEP from Italy and assistant to two Belgian MPs
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Belgium. The Vice President of the European Parliament is being held for questioning. Qatar had to pay the price for the positive decisions of the politicians
The investigation was conducted for more than four months by the Central Anti-Corruption Office in coordination with the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office. Many homes were searched and about 600,000 secured euro Cash, phones and computers.
Luca Visentini, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, and MEP Pier Antonio Panzieri have also been arrested in the case.
Belgium. Interrogate the Vice-President of the European Parliament
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the matter is related to the suspicion that the Gulf state – according to the media, is Qatar – tried to influence the decisions. European Parliament Investigators said large sums and gifts were given to people in “politically and strategically important positions”. Among them is the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Eva Kayley.
during the speech 21 In November, during the plenary session in Strasbourg, she praised Qatar for its historic shifts, reforms and standards related to labor law, which, she said, European companies have not complied with. And all this at a time when many controversies were raised about the World Cup in Qatar, accused of violating human rights and workers’ rights.
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The Guardian’s investigation shows that between 2010 and 2020, more than 6,500 workers from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka died in Qatar while building, among other things, stadiums. In 2020, 10 years after Qatar was awarded the organization of the World Cup, the Qatari authorities announced an increase in employee salaries to 1,000 riyals (about 1,240 Polish zlotys), but after paying for housing and food, which are very expensive in Qatar, the employee was left with almost nothing. Shortly before the World Cup, France 24 revealed that the rights of workers and migrants, which Qatar and FIFA are proud of, despite their passing, were not respected.
As Le Soir points out, Eva Kaylie was taken in for questioning. The home of the Vice-President of the European Parliament was also searched. The politician was also removed from the Hellenic Socialist Movement, a party of which she herself was a member.
