According to the BBC on December 13, four officials in the European Parliament were arrested recently on suspicion of corruption, including Eva Carly, Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament.

Jimu News Reporter Song Qingying

According to BBC on December 13, four officials in the European Parliament were arrested recently on suspicion of corruption, including Eva Carly, Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament. The Speaker of the European Parliament warned that “European democracy is under attack”.

Eva Carly (Photo source: BBC)

reported that on December 9 local time, the police arrested 4 European Parliament officials who were charged with corruption and money laundering. It is understood that Eva Carly, the Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament, is also among the four accused. Eva Carly served as a member of the European Parliament for eight years and is one of the 14 deputy speakers in the parliament. The European Parliament decided to immediately suspend all positions of Eva Carly on the same day, and the prosecution freezes all her assets.

According to details released by the Belgian authorities in recent days, the police confiscated about 600,000 euros of cash in 16 searches, as well as computers and mobile phones. Since the 9th, the network data of 10 European Parliament members has been "frozen" to prevent the data required for investigation from being deleted.

European Parliament Speaker Roberta Metzora issued a statement saying: "Open, free and democratic societies are under attack."

Some European Parliament members said they were shocked by the allegations. European Parliament members who oversee the work said the investigation may be one of the biggest corruption scandals in parliament's history.

EU Commission President von der Leyen said the allegations were "very serious" and called for a new ethical body to oversee EU .

The European Parliament is the only direct election institution in the EU. The European Parliament currently has a total of 705 European Parliament members, elected by 27 EU member states. In many policy areas, the European Parliament must legislate with EU Council through joint decision procedures. Two-thirds of the EU's laws and regulations are jointly formulated by the European Parliament and the EU Council.

(Source: Jimu News)

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