Researchers consider the suspected bribery mess of the European Parliament to be an exceptional case. See the one-minute compression on the reverse side of the skein.
The corruption investigation started by the Belgian police and related to the European Parliament is progressing. On Tuesday, the police published pictures of banknotes worth a total of 1.5 million euros that had been found through house searches.
The background of the scandal is the suspicion that Qatar tried to buy the political influence of European decision-makers.
Four people have been arrested and they are suspected of involvement in a criminal organization, money laundering and corruption. One of the arrested is a Greek member of parliament Eva Kailiwho has pleaded not guilty.
What is currently known about the scandal, which researchers consider a massive image damage and an exceptional case?
Watch journalist Sara Salme’s one-minute summary of the topic in the video below.
You can discuss the topic until 11:00 p.m. on December 15, 2022.