Eva Kylie’s boyfriend supposedly involved in Catarget

Francesco Giorgi admitted to having a prominent role in the corruption scheme, but called for the immediate release of the former vice-president of the European Parliament. Metsola announced the reform to catch more cases.

Almost a week after his arrest, along with his companion Eva Caili, former Vice President of the European Parliament, Francesco Giorgi admitted before the Belgian authorities that he was involved in a corruption scheme aimed at influencing the decisions of the European Parliament. A community body for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco. The Italian, who works as a parliamentary aide in Brussels, has been involved in the Internet involving, as is known, more than 1.5 million euros. However, during Wednesday’s reception at the Palace of Justice, he demanded the release of his girlfriend, with whom he had a daughter.

“I did it for the money and not because I had to,” Giorgi justified, who pointed to former Italian parliamentarian Pier Antonio Panziri as the mastermind of the scheme, in whose house €600,000 was found. Giorgi apologized to his companion, in line with what Kylie’s lawyer defended – despite the discovery of 150,000 euros in the couple’s common room – and vowed to do “everything possible” so that the former star of Greek TV was released and he could “take care” of his 22-month-old daughter.

In addition to Francesco Giorgi, Eva Kaili and Antonio Panzieri, Alexandros Kailis, father of the former leader of Brussels, is also under investigation for his alleged involvement in Catargate, as he was in possession of a bag of around 650,000 euros. However, Cayley’s friend reports that “Le Soir” and “La Repubblica”, which had access to court documents, have implicated two other MEPs in the case, suggesting that the investigation may be far from over.

Giorgi, one of the members of the non-governmental organization (NGO) Sem Paz Sem Justiça, led by the Italian Niccolò Figà-Talamanca, will be the main responsible for collecting bribes in exchange for benefits for the countries participating in the scheme, which, among other benefits, cleans up the image of the Middle Eastern country in the European Union . However, he also pointed to Andrea Cozzolino, head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the Maghreb, and Marc Tarabella as two key figures in the corruption network.

Speaking to the authorities, the Italian explained that he made payments to the organization that Qatar uses to bribe members of the European Parliament and parliamentary assistants in order to obtain political and economic advantages in the societal bloc.

Qatar tourism and World Cup 2022 tickets

An example of the Qatari lobby, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament yesterday, stressed the offer of travel to parliamentarians, as well as the delivery of tickets to be able to attend the 2022 World Cup matches. Several positions in the European Parliament, assuming that she was also invited to attend the football tournament, after she refused Because of its “concerns with that country”, referring to alleged human rights violations committed within the scope of the sporting event.

To avoid more such cases, Metsola assured that there would be “no impunity”, and committed himself, together with the leaders of the European Union, to outline an anti-corruption reform that should be introduced at the beginning of next year.

“The information we have received from the Belgian authorities indicates that there are serious suspicions of people associated with authoritarian governments who exercise influence peddling in a way that we suspect is intended to subjugate our operations,” he noted.

Mitsola has pledged to implement proposals that include “banning all unofficial friendship groups,” which are sometimes sponsored by brokers and foreign governments. Another measure that will be discussed is the prevention of representatives of other countries from entering the premises of the European Assembly, in particular with regard to the Qatari authorities.