According to CCTV News, the spokesperson of European Parliament Speaker Roberta Metzora announced on the 10th local time that in view of the ongoing investigation by the authorities of Belgium, the European Parliament had decided to immediately suspend all positions of European Parliament Deputy Speaker Eva Carly .
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Belgian procuratorate said the day before that the country's police are investigating a corruption case involving the European Parliament. has searched 16 private houses in the capital Brussels area on the same day.
It is reported that European Parliament Deputy Speaker Eva Carly is suspected of lobbying-related corruption case , and she is one of the people detained for investigation.
Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament was detained Bags of cash were found in her home
According to reference information, AFP Brussels reported that Eva Kelly, deputy Speaker of the European Parliament, member of the European Parliament, and Greek Socialist Eva Kelly was charged with corruption. was detained on the 11th after Belgian investigators found "several bags of cash" in her home.
reported that Belgian police are investigating a corruption case involving the European Parliament, and Kelly is one of the four suspects charged and detained.
report also said that two others have been released and at least one European Parliament member's residence has been searched by investigators.
report pointed out that the Belgian federal prosecutor's office did not confirm the identities of the four people, but a judicial source confirmed to AFP that Kelly was one of them.
The federal prosecutor's office stated: "Four people have been arrested, and the judge in charge of the case investigation led the investigation." The statement also said: " they are charged with participating in criminal organizations, money laundering and corruption. The judge has released two people."
It is reported that the prosecutor seized 600,000 euros (about 4.22 million yuan) of cash in in the raid. The police also confiscated the computer and cell phone.
was once a famous TV host has been expelled from the party
According to Global Network , there are 14 deputy speakers of the European Parliament. Carly, 44, is one of them. She comes from " Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement Party ", which was previously the famous TV host .
After the news of Carly's arrest came out, the "Pan Hellenistic Socialist Movement Party" immediately announced that it would be expelled from the party , and insiders of the party also called on Carly to withdraw from the European Parliament. In addition, the European Parliament Social Democratic Party caucus also announced the suspension of Carly's position. The US "Political News Network" said that after work on Monday, the European Parliament may put pressure on Speaker May Tzora to remove Carly from his position as deputy speaker.
However, apart from short-term pressure, the real problem facing the European Parliament is how to strengthen internal governance. German Green Party European Parliament Flund said that the arrest of Carly and others was the "most serious corruption scandal" in Brussels in decades. He said that non- EU member countries should abide by Brussels' "lobbying rules" when conducting lobbying work, but the current situation is that these countries do not need to conduct "transparent registration of interest groups", and European Parliament members do not need to report on related contact activities, and "the EU must make improvements immediately."
Transparent International's EU branch head van Hulten believes that the scandal is not an isolated case . He said that over the years, the European Parliament has allowed the "culture of exemption" to exist and develop, and " financial control is not strict and there is no independent moral supervision." Whenever someone proposes to strengthen accountability, it will be boycotted by the leadership of the European Parliament, "The European Parliament must implement radical reform."
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