The Latest Breaking News from European Parliament

Germany joins battle against EU ban on financial product commission

Banning commission-based sales of financial products from banks and insurers would be a "serious setback" to the European Union's capital market and limit choice for consumers, Germany's finance minister Christian Lindner has said.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

Scandal-hit EU political group starts damage limitation work

The major political group embroiled in a massive European Union corruption scandal will seek this week to insulate itself from further fallout in the cash-for-influence affair linked to Qatar and Morocco

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

EU regulation of big tech: Is free speech at risk?

"The bird is freed," tech billionaire Elon Musk wrote upon acquiring Twitter in October of last year. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton shot back: "In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules." That early exchange exposed two starkly different views of social media: a haven of free speech, as Musk…

France 24 · Jan 13, 2023

Factbox-Who's who in European Parliament's cash-for-influence scandal

A corruption scandal has been rocking the European Parliament since Belgian authorities raided parliament offices two weeks before Christmas.

Reuters · Jan 6, 2023

Morocco complains of European parliament 'harassment' after graft probe

Morocco's ties with the European Union must be protected against harassment at the European parliament, foreign minister Nasser Bourita said on Thursday, following a European probe into graft allegations involving European lawmakers, Qatar and Morocco.

Reuters · Jan 5, 2023

Italy again delays decision on EU graft suspect, awaits Belgian info

An Italian court on Tuesday postponed for a second time a hearing on whether to hand over to Belgium a woman suspected of involvement in a Qatar graft scandal that has rocked the European Parliament.

Reuters · Jan 3, 2023

European Parliament to waive immunity of two MEPs in corruption case

The European Parliament said on Monday it had begun a procedure to waive the immunity of two of its members after a request from Belgian judiciary investigating a European Union-Qatar corruption scandal.

Reuters · Jan 2, 2023

EU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers' immunity

The president of the European Parliament has launched an urgent procedure for the waiver of immunity of two lawmakers following a request from the Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking EU politics

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023

PM Meloni slams colleagues for referring to EU graft scandal as an 'Italian job'

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday slammed colleagues for characterising the Qatargate graft scandal at the European Parliament as an "Italian job," a reference to the 1969 heist film, calling the reference "a stain on our nation".

France 24 · Dec 29, 2022

EU graft scandal a "socialist job" not an Italian one, PM says

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday blamed media outlets for calling the graft scandal at the European Parliament an "Italian job," and said it should rather be called a "Socialist job," as members of that party are involved.

Reuters · Dec 29, 2022