Information from the newspaper indicates that these are, apparently, two requests concerning MEPs Mark Tarabella and Andrea Coccolino
According to today’s Italian newspaper article La Repubblica “the Qatargate investigation enters its second phase” and “it’s ready request to waive the immunity of some MEPs».
According to the newspaper, this second phase can start as early as tomorrow, with new investigations and a direct report to the European Parliament. La Repubblica adds that the Belgian prosecutors, in those hours, informed the presidency of the European Parliament that they will send very soon, possibly, a request to lift the immunity of MEPs.
Information from the newspaper states that it seems to be two requests that concern MEPs Mark Tarabella and Andrea Coccolino. At the moment, as far as the Belgian MEP Maria Arena is concerned, the investigations do not seem to be moving into a new phase, with a request to lift her immunity.
La Repubblica predicts that if the whole matter is fast-tracked, the plenary session of the European Parliament may be called upon to give its opinion on the prosecutors’ request for Tarabellas and Coccolinos on January 16. At the same time, he believes that given the scope of the scandal, it would be difficult for the European Parliament not to proceed with the removal.
The Italian newspaper adds that Belgian intelligence believes that “at least one Italian MEPAndrea Coccolino, allegedly interfered inside the European Parliament, for the promotion of Moroccan interests’.
It is recalled that Francesco Giorgi was Coccolino’s assistant. The latter, however, in his statements, has emphasized that “he never took a single euro to act in a way that contradicts his obligations”. According to La Repubblica, however, Giorgi reportedly testified that he “assumes” that Panzeri may have given money to Coccolino.
“The immunity of Mark Tarabella, who belonged directly to the Pancheri network, may also be requested,” adds the Rome newspaper. As, finally, for the two Italian center-left MEPs Alessandra Moretti and Brando Benifei, it is emphasized that “their assistants may have been part of the Panzeri network, but there is no evidence that they themselves knew that behind Panzeri there was not a simple NGO, but corrupt states, which wanted to buy off European democracy”.
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