The European Parliament said on Monday it had begun a procedure to waive the immunity of two of its members after a request from Belgian judiciary investigating a European Union-Qatar corruption scandal.
European Parliament member Marc Tarabella leaves the headquarters of the Socialist Party after a vigilance committee following allegations of his involvement in the Qatar corruption case, in Brussels, Belgium, December 13, 2022.REUTERS/Johanna Geron
BRUSSELS, Jan 2 - The European Parliament said on Monday it had begun a procedure to waive the immunity of two of its members after a request from Belgian judiciary investigating aTwo sources close to the investigation told Reuters the two MEPs were Belgian Marc Tarabella and Italian Andrea Cozzolino.
"Following a request from the Belgian judicial authorities, I have launched an urgent procedure for the waiver of immunity of two members of the European Parliament," parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Twitter.Tarabella's lawyer Maxim Toller said his client was in favour of being stripped of his immunity.
Cozzolino did not respond to Reuters' efforts to contact him for comment. Last month, he told Italian news agencies he was not under investigation at that time. "I have not been questioned. I have not been searched, nor has my office been sealed," he said then. In December, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters that Francesco Giorgi, one of the main suspects in the investigation along with his partner, ousted European Parliament vice-president
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