2023-05-26 13:50:00
“Next week, she will be in the European Parliament to carry out her duties,” Eva Kaili’s Greek lawyer, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, told Greek television channel Skai.
She will also ask parliament to determine whether her surveillance, arrest and imprisonment violated her rights as an MEP, added Michalis Dimitrakopoulos.
Belgian justice on Thursday authorized the 44-year-old former journalist to remove her electronic bracelet and released her from house arrest pending her trial for corruption.
Qatargate: MEP Eva Kaili authorized to remove her electronic bracelet
A former rising star in the European Parliament, Eva Kaili was stripped of her post as vice-president and expelled from her group in the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) parliament.
Arrested in December in the Belgian capital during a wave of searches, Ms. Kaili had been released from prison in mid-April, but placed under house arrest under an electronic bracelet. She denies all the charges.
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