The text will be voted on next Thursday and calls for access to be suspended until all work on legislative files related to Qatar is halted.
The European Parliament wants suspend the access of Qatari representatives to the institution until the judicial investigation into the alleged bribery scheme, also known as the ‘Catargate’, is completed. The alleged corruption case has come to light alleged bribes from Qatar to Members of the European Parliament and staff of the European Parliament to gain political and economic weight, where the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament have been affected, Eva Kaili, suspended this Tuesday.
The political groups of the European Parliament condemn Qatar’s attempts to influence the deputies, ex-deputies and staff of the European Parliament and have underlined the need to enlarge the EU Transparency Register to representatives of third countries, in addition to strengthening the mechanism, in terms of budget and human resources, so that it can more thoroughly verify the information provided by registrants.
The textThat will be voted on Thursday and has been approved by the full parliamentary arc, calls for the suspension of access to the European Parliament for representatives of Qatar and the halt to all work on legislative files related to Qatar, in particular regarding visa liberalization and planned visits.
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Source: EITB
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