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President Speaks On Corruption Scandal

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

EP President Roberta Metsola MEP has delivered the opening address to this week's plenary session in Strasbourg. Comes as the EP deals with one of its most damaging scandals in its history as a Greek MEP, Vice President of the Parliament Eva Kaili is in Belgian custody on charges of corruption and money-laundering relating to the Gulf nation of Qatar according to media outlets.

  • Livestream:https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/2
  • Metsola: European Parliament is under attack, European democracy is under attack and our way of free societies are under attack...We are not at the end of the road and will continue to assist in other investigations for as long as it takes. Corruption cannot pay.
  • Metsola: We will meet this test head on. There will be no immunity. None.There will be no sweeping under the carpet. No business as usual. To those malign actors in third countries who think Europe is for sale, let me say you will find the European Parliament in your way.

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