European Parliament corruption scandal

Europe News

Brussels-Berlin: The rules on transparency and ethics for EU lawmakers

Recent scandals have put the spotlight on MEPs' transparency, even though they already follow a strict code of conduct, updated in 2023, to prevent conflicts of interest — what's in it, and how does it compare with the norm in other EU countries?

02/04/2025

Tech News

Brussels tech lobby distances from Huawei following Parliament probe

Influential tech industry group DIGITALEUROPE suspended Chinese member Huawei in the wake of a probe by Belgian prosecutors into suspected bribery at the European Parliament.

21/03/2025

Europe News

What rules apply to lobbying the European Parliament?

A fresh corruption investigation hit the European Parliament this week as arrests were made by the Belgian authorities and the offices of Chinese telco Huawei were searched. But what are the rules lobbying in the European Parliament?

17/03/2025

Europe News

EU Parliament ethics system 'not fit for the job' - Alemanno

Professor Alberto Alemanno thinks the European Parliament's ethics rules have failed to address corruption risks, but that this does not damage the image of the EU as a whole.

14/03/2025

Europe News

Belgian prosecutor seeks immunity waiver for two more Socialist MEPs

MEPs Alessandra Moretti and Elisabetta Gualmini enmeshed in the corruption scandal that rocked the Parliament in 2022

04/03/2025

Europe News

Ex-MEP Maria Arena charged with membership of criminal organisation

The charges, which Arena has denied, are the latest in the Qatargate allegations that foreign lobbyists attempted to purchase influence in the European Parliament.

20/01/2025

Europe News

Revealed: The highest earners in the new European Parliament

Just-published research details EU lawmakers who take money from farmers’ lobbies and the car sector — while being active in the same areas of policy.

12/12/2024

EuroVerify

Fact check: How does MEP immunity work?

Members of the European Parliament benefit from parliamentary immunity, but that doesn't mean they are completely invulnerable to legal proceedings.

18/11/2024

Europe News

Strasbourg court upholds bribery conviction against Romanian ex-MEP

Former Deputy Prime Minister Adrian Severin was convicted of trading in influence after a 2011 media sting led to allegations he’d accepted money to table amendments to EU banking laws.

08/10/2024

Europe News

Eva Kaili judge orders review of Belgian spies' role

The ex-MEP, who has denied charges of corruption and money laundering, won her bid to examine whether the Belgian secret service played an illegal role in her 2022 arrest.

24/09/2024

Europe News

Revealed: MEPs’ millions in outside earnings

Transparency International has called for stricter controls on EU lawmakers, as a report shows many hold lucrative positions with firms that also lobby Brussels.

06/05/2024

Europe News

Scandal, bullying and iconoclasm: How MEPs lost their political way

From romance to football, alleged corruption to insulting the boss: MEPs can lose their political moorings in a variety of ways. By the close of this European Parliament, 50 MEPs were without groups – how did they get there?

01/05/2024

Europe News

After scandal-stained term, rules to clean up EU parliament weakened

As a mandate riddled with allegations of corruption, undue influence and misconduct among EU lawmakers draws to an end, the European Parliament has tried to push through reforms designed to bring the next chamber in line.

26/04/2024

Europe News

Is the credibility of European institutions at stake?

To improve the reputation of European institutions, an inter-institutional ethics body has been set up and Parliament's Rules of Procedure have been amended. However, experts claim this is not enough.

04/04/2024

Europe News

EU corruption scandal: Inspector’s leaked secret remarks threaten case

A secretly recorded conversation, to which Euronews has had access, shows a leading police investigator in the so-called Qatargate probe questioning the integrity of both the repentant and the judges.

05/02/2024

Europe News

Eva Kaili's lawyers ask EU parliament to probe immunity breach

Lawyers representing Eva Kaili have asked the European Parliament to investigate whether her parliamentary immunity was violated as part of investigations into the so-called Qatargate cash-for-influence scandal.

15/11/2023

Europe News

MEP Eva Kaili starts legal challenge over the lifting of her immunity

Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP at the heart of a corruption scandal gripping the European Parliament, is taking the Belgian justice system to court alleging the country's police and secret services violated her parliamentary immunity.

19/09/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Is Turkey the best mediator in the Ukraine war?

In this edition of Brussels, my love? we discuss the unsuccessful Sochi summit between Turkish and Russian leaders and a new plan to clean up corruption in the EU institutions.

09/09/2023

Europe News

Belgian investigator in EU corruption case steps down over bias claim

Michael Claise stepped down from his role on Monday following the accusations.

21/06/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? The EU’s attempt to regulate AI clears first hurdle

In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU's recent decision to be the first to regulate artificial intelligence. Some parties, however, were not completely happy with the final compromise.

17/06/2023