European Parliament lifts immunity of 2 lawmakers in graft probe
The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday voted to waive the immunity of two lawmakers following a request from Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking the European Union (EU) assembly.
The EP said that its members had backed the decision to waive the immunities of Italian Member of Parliament (MEP) Andrea Cozzolino and Belgian lawmaker Marc Tarabella.
By a show of hands, MEPs endorsed the proposal adopted by the Legal Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Read More…