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Eva Kaili, one of many European Parliament’s vice presidents, has been expelled by her political get together in Greece amid a corruption probe.
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), one in every of Greece’s essential opposition events, stated in a press release Friday: “Following the latest developments and the investigation by Belgian authorities into corruption of European officials, MEP Eva Kaili is expelled from PASOK-Movement of change by decision of President Nikos Androulakis.”
Kaili’s political group inside the European Parliament, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, additionally introduced on Friday they have been suspending Kaili from the group with speedy impact “in response to the ongoing investigations.”
This comes as Belgium’s federal prosecutor confirmed to Belgian public service broadcaster RTBF on Friday that one of many parliament’s 14 vice presidents had been taken in for questioning as a part of a probe into corruption involving the European Parliament and a rustic from the Persian Gulf.
In a press release, the prosecutor stated that for 2 years, Belgian federal police inspectors “suspected a country from the Persian Gulf of influencing economic and political decisions of the European parliament,” in keeping with RTBF.
The Belgian police suspect that the nation transferred “consequential sums of money” or “important gifts” to important actors inside the European Parliament, in keeping with RTBF.
The federal prosecutor didn’t establish the vp however stated they have been one in every of 4 people taken in for questioning.
“Among the arrested persons (is) an elderly European parliamentarian,” the prosecutor stated.
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates all encompass the Persian Gulf.
Searches carried out as a part of the inquiry resulted within the seizure of roughly 600,000 Euros ($632,000) in money, in keeping with RTBF. Computer supplies and telephones have been additionally seized as a part of the sixteen searches which occurred within the Belgian areas of Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Crainhem, Forest and Brussels.