Research related events Belgian authorities in a corruption case, in which her name also appears Eva Kylie.

On Saturday evening, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, decided, in the light of ongoing judicial investigations, to immediately suspend all powers and duties entrusted to Eva Kylie as Vice-President of the European Parliament.

The President of the Social Democrats calls for the removal of Ms Kylie from the post of Vice-President of the European Parliament. As she states in her Twitter post, the Social Democrats will invoke Article 21 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament at the next conference of presidents to remove Ms Kylie from her post. Also, Ms. Perez emphasizes that while the investigations of the authorities continue, Eva Kylie must be replaced in order to protect the credibility of the institution and not lose the trust of the citizens.

On Sunday, reports from the prosecutor’s office are expected about what will be done with those allegedly involved in the scandal. Eva Kaili’s accredited partner in Brussels stressed to APE that none of her five accredited partners in the Belgian capital have been called in by the authorities to testify or be questioned.

Searches at the Anti-Corruption Bureau

The arrival of Ms Kylie and four other people was part of an investigation carried out on Friday in Brussels by the Anti-Corruption Authority into a case of corruption and funding by Qatari officials in the European Parliament.

According to the information, the other four arrested are Ms. Kylie’s partner, Francesco Giorgi, who was previously an associate of also arrested former Socialist MEP (2004-2019) Pier Antonio Pancheri.

Also arrested was the newly appointed General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Luca Vincentini, who had headed the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) for 11 years. The fifth person is Nicolò Figa Talamanca, director of the NGO No Peace Without Justice.

According to all the media, at the same time yesterday in Bergamo, Italy, the wife and daughter of former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Pancheri, who is the founder of one of the Belgian police-investigated NGO Fight against Impunity, which has been fighting against human rights violations since 2019 . 600,000 euros were found in Mr. Pankeri’s house in Brussels, according to Soir newspaper.

It also became known that the Belgian authorities raided the homes and offices of associates of two Belgian MEPs, Marie Alena, a former Belgian minister, and Marc Tarabella, who are also members of the socialist group of the European Parliament. The authorities confiscated computers and sealed the offices of their aides.

According to the Belgian newspaper L’Echo, Ms Kaili spent the night in custody after “bags of banknotes” were found in her home. The same newspaper reports that Ms Kylie was arrested on her own initiative, which is the only possible way to revoke her parliamentary immunity. Investigators also arrested her father, who tried to escape with a suitcase full of banknotes.

Except PASOK

Her removal Eva Kylie from PASOK The party chairman decided on Friday, Nikos Androulakis, immediately after the publication of information from Brussels about the involvement of a member of the European Parliament in a corruption scandal. In addition, PASOK asked Ms Kylie to hand over the seat to the European Parliament.