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Qatargate: Cozzolino won't invoke immunity

Qatargate: Cozzolino won't invoke immunity

Italian MEP says he is innocent of any wrongdoing

ROME, 04 January 2023, 12:56

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Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino said via his lawyers on Wednesday that he will not seek to invoke parliamentary immunity after being implicated in the so-called Qatargate scandal, adding that he is innocent of any wrongdoing.
    Belgian prosecutors investigating alleged efforts by Qatar and perhaps other countries to condition EU affairs via bribery have asked the European Parliament to lift the immunity of Cozzolino and another Socialist MEP, Belgian Marc Tarabella.
    "Cozzolino does not intend to invoke parliamentary immunity for the political activity that he has carried out in a free and transparent way, having nothing to do with the crimes (that are being investigated)", his lawyers said in a statement.
    It said Cozzolino, who has been suspended by the Italian Democratic Party (PD), would also request to address the parliament about the questions raised by the case.
    Cozzolino's assistant, Francesco Giorgi, is among four people to have been charged in Belgium in relation to the case.
    The others are Greek MEP Eva Kaili, Giorgi's partner, Italian former MEP Antonio Panzeri and Niccolo' Figa' -Talamanca, the secretary general of the No Peace Without Justice NGO.
   

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