The Socialist MEP Marc Tarabella He has been under arrest since this morning as part of the Qatargate investigation.
This afternoon the prosecutor's office will decide whether to validate the arrest. In the meantime his office at the European Parliament is under seizure and so is the office of the socialist MEP (of the Democratic Party) Andrea Cozzolino.
Tarabella told investigators who visited his home this morning: “Finally, I have been waiting for you for two months, now I can be heard.” The European Parliament has already voted in recent days to revoke the immunity of the two deputies.
The office of PD MEP Andrea Cozzolino, as well as that of Marc Tarabella, is now also under seizure.
Andrea Cozzolino in the investigators' sights
For weeks the Neapolitan politician has been at the center of Qatargate together with his Belgian colleague who was arrested today by the Belgian authorities. On February 2nd the European Parliament had decided to revoke the immunity of both
. The investigators hypothesize their involvement in the corruption plot organized by the now repentant former MEP Antonio Panzeri, which also led to the imprisonment of assistant Francesco Giorgi, and former EP vice-president Eva Kaili.
Article published on 10 February 2023 - 16:33
