Qatargate embarrasses Greeks to no end


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The arrest of the Greek MEP Eva Kaili – one of the vice-presidents of the European Parliament – ​​on suspicion of corruption with Qatar throws a stone in Greece.





From our correspondent in Athens, Alexia Kefalas

According to several sources, Eva Kaili would like – if there is a trial – to be able to be tried in Belgium and not in Greece, where the sentences are much more severe.
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Lhe news had the effect of a thunderclap in Greece. The Greek press immediately reacted and relayed the affair by speaking of “the apple of Ev(a)”, of the family “Kaili trapped in the quicksands of Qatar”, because her spouse, the Italian Francesco Giorgi, ex -parliamentary assistant, is also charged in this case. The authorities “would have found several hundred thousand euros in his possession”, and his father “would have been arrested in a Brussels hotel with 600,000 euros in denominations of 50 euros, in a suitcase”.

The reports are linked, some castigate the “inadequacy” of the elected European and her “arrogance in all circumstances”, others consider that this affair is “a tragedy for the credibility of the European institutions”. A CH…


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