The hearing is scheduled for today at 9:30 Belgian time (10:30 Greek time). Eva KylieMark Tarabella and Antonio Panzeri before the pre-trial commission on the Qatargate scandal.

This is the third time this process has taken place. The Belgian Board of Preliminary Investigation is asked to decide whether the former Vice President of the European Parliament will be released under restrictive conditions or remain in custody.

Last Monday it became known that now in Belgium the MEP will be represented by a new lawyer, criminologist Sven Marie, and not Andre Risopoulos, and tomorrow in Brussels, as before, her other lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos will be.

As for Marc Tarabella, the Belgian MEP was arrested last Friday, February 10, a few days after his immunity was lifted and sent to Saint-Gilles prison.

“Everything is cruel for Mr. Tarabella,” said his lawyer, Maxim Toler, in an interview with rtl. “First, to find out that one of the people close to him is corrupt and that he admits to it. Secondly, to find out that this person close to him leads him to guilt, pulling him to him when, apparently, my client claims that he is innocent, ”he adds.

Former Italian MEP Antonio Panzeri, who was arrested on December 9 and is said to be the mastermind behind a group linked to a corruption case in the European Parliament, will also face judicial authorities.

On January 17, the Brussels prosecutor’s office reported that Antonio Panzeri had signed an agreement of repentance and cooperation with the Belgian authorities.