She is the most charming woman in the European Parliament and is at the peak of her career. Unexpectedly, she will be arrested for corruption this winter.
According to media reports such as AFP , BBC, and other media, the European Parliament has recently been exposed to the most serious corruption scandal, and the 44-year-old female deputy speaker of the European Parliament, Eva Kelly, was arrested, shocking European politics. She is suspected of being involved in a corruption investigation related to the 2022 World Cup football host Qatar , with the amount involved in the case reaching 1.5 million euros. Currently, Kelly has been dismissed from the European Parliament, and her and her close relatives’ property has been frozen by the Greek government, and the prosecutors also suspect that she opened a real estate company in Athens to launder money.
used to be a TV reporter,
The media darling of his political career is at its peak
reported that on October 26, 1978, Eva Kelly was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied architecture and civil engineering at university, majored in international relations at graduate school, and became a reporter for Greek TV after graduation.
Blonde Kelly got involved in politics in her early years and joined the Greek Socialist Movement Party at the age of 14. By 2002, she had become the youngest member of the Thessaloniki City Council. In 2004, she participated in the national election as the youngest candidate, but ended in failure. Despite losing votes, she received a position as news host for Greek TV station Mega and worked there for several years.
From 2007 to 2012, Kelly served in the Greek Parliament. She has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. According to her personal web description, she is the first female chair of the European Parliament's Tech Options Assessment Group. She chose areas that need to study many emerging technology knowledge, including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, etc. For this reason, she also went to Oxford University to study AI courses. On January 18 this year, she was elected as Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament, and her political career was at its peak.
44-year-old Kelly has a blonde hair and blue eyes, and has a beautiful appearance. She has always been popular among the media and has always been a media darling. She is also a European Parliamentary who is recognized as friendly to the media, which shows the media's affirmation of her. German "Spiegel" named her as the 2011 Person of the Year, describing her as a forward-looking politician. European political news media Politician selected her as one of the "women who influenced Brussels " in 2018, meaning the most influential woman in Brussels, the headquarters of the EU .
Kelly was once famous for her bold and outspoken behavior of breaking up with her colleagues in the party. For example, during the Greek financial crisis in 2011, Kelly initially refused to support Prime Minister Papandreou for a key vote of confidence. Later, Kelly changed her mind and Papandreou escaped.
Several bags of cash were found in her home.
My father was arrested while riding a train with cash
December 9, the Belgian prosecutor launched a large-scale investigation into corruption and money laundering. The investigative targets were mainly former current parliamentarians and assistants of the European Parliament, and they wanted to clear the portal for the European Parliament.
Kelly is the highest-ranking politician arrested in the investigation, and she is suspected of accepting bribes suspected to be from the Qatar government. Investigators found several bags of cash at her home, and she is still temporarily detained by the prosecution.
According to sources, the police in Brussels, Belgium, the location of the EU's main administrative agency, raided the parliamentary office and 19 residences and seized about 1.5 million euros, of which about 600,000 euros were found in Kelly's residence. Police also found about 600,000 euros in the apartment of another European Parliament member, and 750,000 euros in the suitcase of a hotel in Brussels.
BelgiumPhotos released by the police on the 13th showed that the seized cash included piles of banknotes with denominations of 200 euros, 50 euros, 20 euros and 10 euros. Last year, Kelly earned €7,146 per month in the European Parliament and €4,778 per month.
Kelly's cohabitation boyfriend is an Italian European Parliamentarian's assistant, and she was investigated and detained in the same case.Kelly's father was found taking away a suitcase full of money. He was asked by the prosecutor to cooperate with the investigation while carrying a lot of cash to take the train. He was released on the 11th because of the expiration of his detention period.
suspected of accepting bribes from Qatar,
in the past has been accused of defending Qatar
Belgian police arrested Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament Kelly and four other people, accusing them of allegedly accepting bribes from a Gulf country. Prosecutors believe that the Gulf country gave a large sum of money or gift to a third party with heavyweights in the European Parliament to influence parliamentary decision-making.
Although the prosecution did not disclose the name of the Gulf country involved, several Belgian media quoted multiple reliable sources as saying that the bribes received by Kelly came from Qatar, a Middle East country that is hosting the World Cup, and her relationship with Qatar was also exposed by the media.
As the deputy speaker of the EU Parliament, Kelly's responsibilities cover the Middle East. In the past, she has been accused of defending Qatar. She has publicly expressed support for Qatar's recent labor reforms. During the construction of the World Cup infrastructure, Western media revealed that a worker died due to harsh working conditions, but the Qatar government has always denied it.
In November this year, Kelly went to Qatar to meet with local senior officials such as the Prime Minister of Qatar, Minister of Labor, Minister of Energy, etc. Weeks later, she gave a speech praising Qatar for reforming the labor environment and criticizing Europeans for "double standards" about Qatar, wanting to buy energy from Qatar but launching a boycott of the Qatar World Cup due to human rights issues.
In early December, Kelly attended the vote of the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee, but she was not a member of the committee. The bill was later approved by the majority in favor of the EU whether to relax the visa review regulations for Kuwait and Qatar. Now, in order to clear the bill, the European Parliament has returned the bill to the committee for re-examination.
Greece Frozens its and its close relatives' property,
suspected of opening a real estate company in Athens money laundering
After the incident, European parliamentarians quickly took action to isolate Kelly, worried that Belgium's investigation may undermine the image of the moral compass shaped by the parliament. After Kelly was arrested, political parties she joined in Greece and the European Parliament drove her out. She has been suspended from membership by the European Parliament Socialist Party and the Democratic Progressive Alliance and the Pan-Hellenistic Socialist Movement Party . The chairman of the Greek Socialist Movement Party announced on Twitter that Kelly had been expelled from the party. Members of the European Parliament also accused her of being a "Trojan horse" in parliament.
On December 12, the Greek government also freezes the property of her and her close relatives, including the company she just founded in Athens. According to reports, 15 days ago, Kelly and her boyfriend opened a real estate company in the Coronaki district in downtown Athens. The prosecutor believes that the purpose of the company being established may be to launder money. After the incident, the company's assets have been frozen by the Greek government.
She denied the allegations that she was betrayed,
The Qatar government said it was not aware of the details of the investigation
This incident has become one of the biggest corruption scandals in the EU, but Kelly denied any misconduct. She broke her silence on the 13th and said she felt betrayed by her colleagues in the European Parliament.
It is reported that there are 14 deputy speakers in the European Parliament, and Kelly is only one of them, and his position covers the Middle East. Belgian prosecutors charged her with participating in criminal organizations, money laundering and corruption last weekend.
On December 13, European Parliament members launched a proposal to vote to remove Kelly from his post as deputy speaker.
Kelly's lawyer said on the 13th: "I talked to Ms. Kelly today. She broke her silence and expressed dissatisfaction with the positions of colleagues in the European Parliament. They made her look like she had a personal agenda in Qatar, and also hinted that she accepted bribes and she felt betrayed.
Kelly has nothing to do with funds from Qatar and has not conducted any commercial activities in her life."
In response, the Qatar government denied the allegations of bribery of European Deputy Speaker Kelly, saying that the country complies with international laws and regulations.A spokesperson for the Qatar government said: "We do not know any details of the investigation, and any allegations of misconduct in Qatar are seriously misleading."
Previously, the Qatar government was accused of bribing FIFA in order to win the right to host the World Cup, but both the Qatar government and FIFA denied the allegations.
Huashang Daily Dafeng News Reporter Guo Ji Translated and edited by Yang Dehe
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