“Absolutely forbidden to open this door” signs are plastered with blue and white police tape on doors of European Parliament offices. And all this feels like a depressing déjà vu! Just a few years after the Qatargate bribery scandal rocked the EU’s only directly elected institution, accusations of cash-for-favors are once again casting a shadow on current and former European lawmakers.
The “alleged bribery” would have benefited China’s tech giant Huawei, the Belgian prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. But who is involved and what is the parliament doing to fight corruption?
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