Corruption in the European Parliament: the Panzeri system at the heart of the investigation

In the European Parliament corruption case, hearings point to former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri. The entire organization set up in favor of Morocco and Qatar is becoming clearer.

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By Joël Matriche, Pauline Hofmann and Joël Matriche (with Pauline Hofmann and “La Repubblica”)

Published on 28/12/2022 at 06:00Reading time: 4 mins

JIt all started in 2018. Mr. Panzeri was then chairman of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee (…) The former chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (of Qatar, Ali ben Samikh Al Marri, current Minister of Labour, Editor’s note) then developed the idea of ​​lobbying. Mr. Panzeri agreed to work for the Qataris. This is how, according to the version given by Francesco Giorgi, the former assistant of Pier Antonio Panzeri, to the investigators, that everything would have started in the corruption affair which has shaken the European Parliament for nearly three weeks.

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