The investigation into alleged corruption in the European Parliament expands with the official request of the Brussels investigators to revoke the parliamentary immunity of two MEPs, after already the sensational arrest on 9 December of the Greek vice president of the EP (suspended), Eva Kaili , socialist.
It would be the Italian Andrea Cozzolino (Pd) and the Belgian of Italian origins Marc Tarabella , a socialist, already suspended from the party at the beginning of the investigation. No comment from the Brussels prosecutor's office, which only confirmed that it had presented the request for the waiver of immunity for two MEPs.
The names of Tarabella and Cozzolino had already ended up on several occasions in the news on the Qatargate papers , and Tarabella's home had been searched in the presence of the president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (as required by Belgian law) already on 10 December, in the the day after the arrest, among others, also of Kaili's companion, Francesco Giorgi (parliamentary assistant of Cozzolino) and of the former MEP and former trade unionist Pier Antonio Panzeri , lobbyist, founder of the NGO Fight Impunity and considered a central figure in the alleged maneuvers to soften the position of the institutions in favor of Qatar, Morocco and even Mauritania.
"Since the beginning of this case, Marc Tarabella has repeated that he is at the disposal of justice and has also asked to be heard quickly in order to be able to defend himself," said his lawyer, Maxim Toller, pointing out that the Belgian politician does not intend to hide behind the immunity and is "in favor" of the revocation.
in turn had already made it known in recent days through his lawyer that he wanted to be , declaring himself extraneous to the facts.
