are in prison in belgium awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the corruption scheme, two of them deny the claims, one has confessed. but mr cozzolino is fighting extradition. the bbc s brussels correspondentjess parker reports. it was a political earthquake, an alleged corruption scandal at the heart of the european parliament. this story s a tangled web catching lawmakers, officials and lobbyists in its net. in its immediate aftermath, eu leaders rushed to announce action. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will ask for more transparency on meetings with foreign actors and those linked to them. the police investigation stretches hundreds of miles from brussels to, among other places here the port city of salerno in southern italy, where we ve spoken to the lawyer of a key suspect. andrea cozzolino, an italian member of the european parliament, suspected of acting in the interests
and accuracy, being labelled in ways that they simply don t trust or believe in, or believe is accurate. so that s it, in a nutshell. elon musk, he clearly seems to like the bbc, he trusts the bbc. but you do have, very clearly, this sort of slightly strange situation with elon musk that you can kind of email him and he will simply email you back a response. a judge in italy is set to decide whether a key suspect in the qatargate corruption scandal is to be handed over to belgium. the italian andrea cozzolino is a member of the european parliament he is accused of taking bribes from qatar and morocco, charges mr cozzolino denies. three other current and former meps are in prison in belgium awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the corruption scheme, two of them deny the claims, one has confessed. but mr cozzolino is
a judge in italy is set to decide whether a key suspect in the qatargate corruption scandal is to be handed over to belgium. the italian andrea cozzolino is a member of the european parliament. he s accused of taking bribes from qatar and morocco. he denies that. three other current and former meps are in prison in belgium awaiting trial for their alleged involvement in the corruption scheme, two of them deny the claims, one has confessed. jess parker reports from brussels. it was a political earthquake, an alleged corruption scandal at the heart of the european parliament. this story is a tangled web catching lawmakers, officials and lobbyists in its net. in its immediate aftermath, eu leaders rushed to announce action. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will ask for more transparency on meetings with foreign actors
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claxton plummet salesman, green coffee beans as a republican candidate in pennsylvania. it is tempting to look at that slate and think that something has gone wrong and a uniquely bad way this year. no political party is already face canada parties this bad but as bad as it is right now, it has been worse i swear i don t know if it s comforting to know that when the opposite. but here me out, it has been worse. the great state of north dakota there is a really obvious ranked corruption scheme in the state government and the state s governor was in on it. and per an order in the state s governor it s amazing it didn t resign as governor.