the flight of the european parliament group will decide how to react. gislative body of the european union now eva kalia renounced her own greek political party, politicians were not excluded from her , and the european parliament, where she holds the position of vice president, suspended her, and they can terminate her powers, but for this, two-thirds of the votes of the meps are needed, some of them insist that i er, really, the inviolability of this kylie should be taken away, and greece today, where is kylie originally from, froze her assets on its territory, a total of four detainees were investigated as i already said, the president and the european commission today were interested in whether their officials are being investigated in this case. we must check how the situation is developing. i think that while there is no new information, we remain in the status quo, but in fact, if it appears, we will have to act and react to these are vocals and three more people are accused of creating a criminal group, as well as money laundering and receiving b

faction of the european parliament.o voted to expel her from her ranks, as well as naturally suspend her participation in any programs, by the way, it is known that some socialists followed. uh, voluntarily also on the way out, refusing. now, after all, in the further activities of some commissions until the completion of the investigation. raphael luxman, a french socialist , said that the problem actually took root and quite a long time ago. he claims that on the pages of the politician, for example, that a closed meeting of representatives of the socialist faction with lobbyists from the boat was held in the european parliament, where some euro-deputies allegedly arranged direct auctions their votes. how much will they evaluate their vote in favor of this country, and roberto micela, the president of the european parliament, was forced to hastily return from malta to brussels in order to participate , among other things, during searches. and on monday i speak to the leaders of those european parliament practitioners.

i just did a bit of digging into the voting of the european parliament. eva kylie, attended a meeting of the libra committee. this the human rights and sort of the issue is the legal committee of the european parliament. she isn't a member of that committee, but she turned up on december the 1st to a vote, which was a by visa liberalization for katara, and she weight combined, and she voted in favor of that. and i mean, these are able to go and vote different committees and put their voice is heard, but it is sort of additional pile of evidence on top of the very positive statements that she's been making about cattle publicly in the european parliament . it's starting to sort of a big weight of information is starting to come in, which is starting to stick against her in this investigation. certainly some very serious claims that have been making against that have been made against either kylie jack. i kind of wanted to ask you about what kinds of charges can be brought against members of the european parliament. you know, if they're in hot water as she

good neighbors and partners with the european parliament president roberto matilda today promised to get to the truth no matter how ugly that might turn out to be for the european union. she was speaking to her fellow law makers today, and she said that democracy in the european union is under attack and promised to route out anyone and everyone who was involved. i think it would be no exaggeration to say that these have been among the longest days of my career make no mistake, the european parliament their colleagues is under attack european democracy is under attack. and our way of open free democratic societies are under attack. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will launch an internal investigation to look at all the facts related to the parliament and to look at how our systems can become yet more watertight. we will shake off this parliament and these towns and i need your help to do it. but i must also say that while we can always look to increase de terrence and transparency, there will always be some, for whom a bag of cash is always worth the risk. and what is e

, shortly before the world cup started the labor in a video posted on twitter, she sent the european parliament recognise and respected top parliament bullying to try and accusing them of corruption. there's the goodness. katara is a throne rather in labor rights, abolishing a fall and reducing minimum wage. despite the challenges that even europe and companies are denying them for the love they committed to a vision by choice and they open to the world. this is despite international concerns that thousands of migrant workers could have died, building the tournaments stadiums. kylie has been expelled from her party at home and her parliamentary group. what happens to her next will be up to belgium system of justice. i'm at the latest on this investigation earlier i spoke with the w. corresponded jack paris in brussels. well, it's getting ever, ever deeper. we know that 600000 euros in cash was confiscated, that potentially eva kylie's. father was trying to get some of that cash out of an apartment that's been widely circulated in belgium media. and i have it on exclusively for the w that potent

during this session of the european parliament, the sanctions themselves were not discussed in detail, but it is about the fact that uh, the european union should move to more decisive actions and, for example, still approve the e-e base in order to be able to use the frozen and arrested russian funds that have been arrested in many eu countries in order to to rebuild ukraine, because we are also faced with the fact that even 18 billion, which absolutely do not fully cover all of ukraine's needs for reconstruction in money, in e-e, in support from the west and the world, e-e, those 18 billion, the european union must borrow for international financial markets, because there is no money for ukraine in the eu budget, and right now the moment has come for these frozen russian billions to be directed to the benefit of the country and to the war with russia, but so far there is no discussion of specific documents on this matter they are rolling, but for now we have what we have. well, mrs. tetiana, can you tell us what happens on the sidelines and in the conversations of the meps when it c

one of the european parliament's vice presidents has reportedly been charged by police in connection with a corruption probe. the use legislative branch already stripped kylie of her powers . belgian police are investigating whether european union officials took bribes from cut are the host of the world cup. belgian prosecutors expanded their corruption investigation into members of the european parliament over the weekend, announcing at least one more suspect. and the search of yet another home belonging to a lawmaker. according to belgium, media, greek m. e. p. eva, kylie was one of those charged european parliament had already suspended all her duties and responsibilities as vice president. we need to understand exactly who was involved and what they wanted from the semi peas and what the belgian authorities reveal in the coming weeks and months beyond the investigations. europe must now decide how to deal with color. the country allegedly, behind the bribery, the parliament had been preparing negotiations that would make it simpler for guitar citizens, to travel to the you withou

president of the european parliament and institution. dad sir, has fades itself as being the most democratic institution in the european union as its members are elected by the citizens of the european union. european. yeah, all eyes will be on the you, parliament as the situation that continues. now the president has called for a meeting into this that corruption investigation. what are we expecting to come out of that? well, i think that now of course the european parliament and its president met sola, there needs to actor. we know that term eva cailee was stripped of all her responsibilities, but she is still a member of the european parliament. she still enjoys immunity, even though we, according to reports, know that she was arrested and you can only be arrested as a member of the parliament if you are caught red handed. but in theory, see she still enjoys immunity. and of course, for the president of the you appear, appeal, appear in parliament. now the most important task is to demonstrate dad, she's ready to support investigation

the question is, what does this all mean for the european parliament? parliamentarians are heading to strasburg for that big session where the whole 750 of them all sit in the house were supposed to sit nice every time throughout this week. and there are a number of groups that are pressing for this issue to be put on the agenda. i think we can expect that to happen. but then the question is that of the votes related to cattle that were meant to be scheduled for thursday this week. coming, what will happen around them? not sooner than that, visa liberalization issue. they w jack, paris in brussels. thanks so much and out with jack barrack speaking with my colleague asked me howard a little bit earlier today to ukraine now and in harkey of ukrainian investigators are gathering the remains of russian weapons used against civilians. they hope their work in support bringing war crimes cases to court. it's a different kind of graveyard. a thick layer of snow covers these pieces of metal laid out next to each other. many responsible for lives lost in the conf

make no mistake, the european parliament, dear colleagues , european democracy is under attack, and our movements towards open, free and democratic societies, enemies of democracy, for whom the very existence of this parliament is a threat, nothing to which these malevolent individuals are connected with these autocratic countries who do not legitimately weaponize non-governmental organizations, unions of individuals and members of the european parliament. no, this is not an attack on democracy in eu ms. medsola cathargate is a self- inflicted damage to the european parliament. and most of its members. have historically resisted stricter fairness rules and an efficient law enforcement system. the brussels media write that the journalistic corps working under the de facto european commission is now furious because the european commission refuses. in general, to comment on this situation, in particular, on the eve of the chairman of the european commission, the russian fonderlein at a briefing was asked about her attitude to the participation of one of its vice presidents. margarita soski

that is, that is being made here in the european parliament. so derek devotees are relatively strictly regulated, but 3rd countries that's a wide open door. there is simply nothing they could so far do whatever they wanted . so there are people here in parliament who say we have to look at other countries apart from katara. we know that as a by john and this was the last years, has been very busy on many fronts, politically, trying to bribe people to gain a better reputation at the same holds true, of course, for russia and maybe some others. so this story isn't over, the parliament will really be busy with looking at the details here from months coming. and the big problem is, it's not only the frustration and disappointment of parliamentarians have nothing to do with this. but the big point is the soft power of the you are peeping in. parliament rests with the moral high ground they can occupy in say we of fighting for european values. if they lose that, they really lose a big part of who they are and what they can do in europe. you know, that

she made similar comments during a speech at the european parliament later in november. they accusing some members of parliament bullying to try and accusing them of corruption. there's the goodness . katara is a throne rather in labor rights, abolishing a fall and reducing minimum wage. despite the challenges that even europe and companies are denying the and for the love, they committed to a vision by choice and they open to the world. this is despite international concerns that thousands of migrant workers could have died, building the tournaments stadiums. kylie has been expelled from her party at home and her parliamentary group. what happens to her next will be up to belgium system of justice. now for the latest on this investigation, i spoke with d. w correspondent jack parrot in brussels. well, we know that the content from the guitar reside that they are investigating on their side. i have source is close to that. who have told me that actually that meeting that we heard about with the labor minister, that the labor minister himself is being looked into and also

here she is addressing the european parliament. >> the enemies of democracy for whom the very existencethis parliament is a threat will stop at nothing. these melt line actors linked -- malign actors linked to autocratic third countries have allegedly weaponized ngos, unions, individuals, assistance, anmembers of the european parliament in an effort to subdue our processes. host: we know that four people have been arrested by belgian police. belgian prosecutors have launched an investigation and say for are charged with participation in a criminal organization, money laundering, and corruption. among those arrested is the greek mep and vice president of theuropean parliament. she was reportedly caught with bags of cash at her home, though none of the four suspects have been publicly named, she is understood to be among them. her assets haveeen frozen. this is what the european commission president had to say. >> the allegations against the vice president of the european parliament are of utmost concern, very serious. it's a question of confidence of people into our institutions and this

on this monday, the president of the european parliament has denounced attempts to undermine the european project as one of the largest corruption scandals in the history of the e. u is now being investigated, or bedroom at solar to day spoke after one of the parliament's vice president eva kylie was charged with taking bribes from a golf state. understood to be could tar, which is hosting the world cup right now. the greek member of parliament is one of 4 people. he was arrested in connection with the scandal. the parliament of the european union rocked by the worst corruption scandal in its history. the institutions leader stressed the gravity of the situation for the block. make no mistake, the european parliament their colleagues is under attack european democracy is under attack. and other way of open free democratic societies are under attack. to your words echoed by the e. u commission chief, the allegations against the rest. it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions and this confidence and trust into our institutions needs highest standard and of independence

it's also potentially very damaging for the image of the european parliament that was dw jack paris in brussels. jack, thank you for your reporting. ok, bit of a change of pace. now the european film awards are taking place in iceland capital . reiki vick 5 movies are competing for the best film award. several were short listed at aly festivals like con, venice and berlin. political relevance as even more spies to this contest. he is a look at some of the frontline longer good with one of the most talked about films in can earlier this year was danish iranian director, ali abbas is wholly spider based on the true story of a serial killer targeting sex workers in iran. it stars our amir abraham, me as a female journalist, investigating the crimes in light of the ongoing anti regime protests in iran. the often graphic thriller is especially resonant with audiences over a more tender and introspective is belgian director lucas don. second film close, about 2 young teenage boys whose intimate friendship is thwarted by the gaze of others. the film, one critical acclaim and the grown pre at

she's also a member of the european parliament. she is one of 4 people arrested in connection with the scan. the parliament of the european union rocked by the worst corruption scandal in its history. the institutions leader stressed the gravity of the situation for the block make no mistake. the european parliament their colleagues is under attack. european democracy is under attack. and other way of open free democratic societies are under attack. to your words echoed by the g. u commission chief, the allegations against the rest. it is a question of confidence of people into our institutions. and this confidence and trust into our institutions needs highest standard and of independence and integrity. high level you official stand accused of alleged involvement in a bribery scheme in which the gulf state guitar may have been trying to influence their political decision. our member of parliament ever kylie is understood to be among those charged. she's one of the parliament's vice president. recently, she had become a vocal defende

some s - ecific european parliament. some specific groups _ european parliament.ment. some specific groups played a - european parliament. some specific groups played a keyj specific groups played a key role — specific groups played a key role to _ specific groups played a key role to stop any strong language condemning the role of qatar— language condemning the role of qatar in— language condemning the role of qatar in human rights violations in the administration of the world cup. — administration of the world cup, that's the one thing i'm saying. — cup, that's the one thing i'm saying, the second thing is that— saying, the second thing is that scandal was only the part of the — that scandal was only the part of the iceberg on top of the water, _ of the iceberg on top of the water, but it is probably a bigger— water, but it is probably a bigger part of the iceberg under_ bigger part of the iceberg under the water. in which investigations are continuing. so tip — investigations are continuing. so tip of _ investigations are continuing. so tip of the iceberg reall

she made similar comments during a speech at the european parliament later in november. they accusing some members of parliament, bullying at high and accusing them of corruption. there's the goodness, katara is a throne, rather in labor rights, abolishing a fall reducing minimum wage. despite the challenges that even europe's companies are denying to enforce the laws, they committed to a vision by choice and they open to the world. this is despite international concerns that thousands of migrant workers could have died, building the tournaments stadiums. kylie has been expelled from her party at home and her parliamentary group. what happens to her next will be up to belgium system of justice. when she w correspondent jack power case in brussels for us, jack, hi there. what more do we know about this investigation? well, and i have it on the exclusive authority sources are telling me that the categories themselves are now investigating. and i understand that the investigations are into victoria ambassador to the european union. who could abdul aziz been ahmed al mulky an

so because the problem is the european parliament has limited powers. it is really in the end, the member states who make most of the really big decisions. but the parliament occupied the moral high ground. they always said we are the ones fighting for european values. we're the ones fighting for the morality of the european union. they were really very strong on the war in ukraine this year, and they were strong on iran. so there is many instances where they have really tried to sort of come up is very strong stance against authoritarian countries. and now if things happen like this, they simply lose credibility for them, this is in, in horrible hit against this credibility and against their it. so that their moral stance, if they lose that they're going to lose a lot of the informal power of the soft power. they have built up carefully throughout the last years. barbara, thank you for that barbara. rosalind strattman of your peer unions also considering further sanctions against iran over human rights abuses of his comes after a reigning authorities ex

there is more from the european parliament president make no mistake, you have in parliament. your colleagues is under attack. european democracy is under attack. and other way of open free democratic societies are under attack. well, i spoke to our correspondent barbara vessel in strasburg and asked her if for the president's response to this corruption scandal was strong enough. absolutely. so, and it is a very difficult time for the european parliament on, for regard to mid solar. you could really see that she was angry, that she had her head to hold herself back. not to say things that would be a judicially problematic because she, i mean everyone here who has nothing to do with the scandal is frustrated. people are absolutely shocked when you talk to parliamentary and walking across the corridor. here they say we, we couldn't believe it. this is the worst that has ever happened. and the horrifying thing is a fill. it's not over yet. we just saw in the belgian media that there has been further searches today. and there have been 10 offices off in the european parliament sea

now the former deputy head of the european parliament was detained by the belgian authorities in a corruptione, along with a number of other european officials, develops in receiving large cash rewards and expensive gifts from the authorities boats during searches found suitcases with cash according to the investigation with the help of defendants in the corruption case urged to check almost all of its employees, for example, contacts with the cator, as rasula fondyaina said, the accusations against the vice president of the european parliament cast doubt people's trust in euro institutions. well , this is nothing more than an attempt. to whiten these very institutions against the background of the revealed facts, which are due to this khromtsov, or for this greetings a. as i understand the defendants are all charges. deny hello naturally, this despite the hiv docks. lessons on how to save a face whose face is no longer expensive master classes are conducted by european politicians today in the building of the european parliament as part of a search in the corruption case , more than 1.5 mill

aim of overcoming the hungarian veto and actually such an interesting thing happened for the european parliament there was no vote because this resolution was approved automatically because none of the european deputies came forward with any amendments or sentences regarding the fact that ukraine should be allocated these funds next year, now the european parliament has done everything in its power to ensure that ukraine receives these funds, but there are some problems with on the part of the european council, a meeting of the european council is currently taking place in brussels, at which , in particular, the issue of the final approval of the allocation of this tranche of eur 18 billion is being decided, and so far they are waiting for the national press conference because there are problems and there is a possibility that this issue will be reported by poland and thus we all read on what the european council decided today, friends . we continue about the situation in ukraine, the enemy is shelling kharkiv, there is a hit in the holodohir district with damage to complex premises, the head of

yeah, i mean the, the problem for her is just about a month ago, she was stood in the european parliament plenary and the sort of main high since tries bag singing the praises of the controller estate saying that their human rights record was much better in the european union shouldn't preach to other countries and while european values should be export station before some other countries. so that's really, you know, raise in my price. since he's revelation, since his investigation has started, it's difficult to know exactly the details of everything that in m. e p has done, but there's a lot of investigation going on, though. we also know, in fact that 2 other m. p 's, maria arena, a mock caribella to belgium, so that offices were closed off as part of this investigation. i'm rearing this be speaking to the belgian press and says, this has nothing to do with me. it's to do with an assistant that was working for her, related to a job that, that the system was doing elsewhere. there's a big, sort of web starting to form this investigation continues. and what's the latest in terms of reacti

he told us how the corruption charges have shaken the european parliament this week session of the european parliament and stroudsburg is going to be a major one in this context of these 4 people having being charged for corruption, money laundering, an participation in a criminal organization. and they include, according to belgium, media reports widely, that is the vice president of the european parliament now removed from that position by the parliament, eva kylie, a greek socialist m e p. and another number of her connections, including her life partner, a former italian, m e p, in another head of an n g o, as well. the human rights n g o base to hear him in brussels. the question is exactly how deep this goes as a lot of public information showing sort of gleaming votes, where the gleaming speeches, sorry, we're a highly spool spoke very much in favor of the category government and what they're doing regarding labor laws. your so was in attendance at a vote in a legal affairs committee that she actually doesn't sit on, but she actively went to vote in favor of liberalizing the visa pro

she made similar comments during a speech at the european parliament later in november. they accusing some members of parliament, a bullying, ty, and accusing them of corruption. there's the goodness. katara is a throne rather in labor rights, abolishing a fall and reducing minimum wage. despite the challenges that even europe's companies are denying the for the lows, they committed to a vision by choice and they open to the world. this is despite international concerns that thousands of migrant workers could have died building the tournaments stadiums. kylie has been expelled from her party at home and her parliamentary group. what happens to her next will be up to belgium system of justice. to have your correspondent jack barrack has more from brussels. i've also been doing some digging through some european parliament vote some find that a vote in the lead lieber committee is called, which is like the legal affairs committee that eva kylie on the 1st of december turned up to a vote that was related to e. d. u visa liberalization for cattle and voted in favor of allowi

suspicion regarding interest by qatar through a number of people including this vice president of european parliament, greek member of parliament, and other people, namely working with human rights ngo called fight impunity funded by the former mp. the suspicions about qatar leading more and more to the fact there is a network established by morocco. qatar is not the center of the investigation. it looks more and more morocco should be the center of this investigation because relative -- the former any of you who establish this ngo to cover up for the corruption network, had his wife and daughter arrested in italy at the request of the judicial authorities of belgium because they were benefiting from money sent by morocco. and apparently this is leading to a network that was indeed established and directed by the secret service of morocco. i am not surprised. i was not surprised. as soon as i heard mr. penn's that he was involved in this case regarding qatar, ieatly was suspicious and said it publicly that this would link to morocco because for these years -- in the same political group, we had a num

ah ah ah ah this is the w news live from berlin, a corruption scandal strikes the european parliament. police in brussels make arrests, as prosecutor say, they targeting and influence peddling scheme by a gulf states coming up a man suspected of killing his mother. then taking 2 people hostage is, did police in the german city of dresden say he died of wounds sustained when he's hostages. with freed did cut out morocco become the 1st african team in history to reach the semi final of a world cup. after a sensational victory over portugal, who will live to doha? this l. ah m anthony howard, thanks for your company. police in belgium have arrested 5 people, including european parliament, vice president, e for kaylee. the greek socialist emi pay has been expelled from her party. kaylee is being investigated as part of an inquiry into corruption and money laundering that involves a golf state. guitar authorities investigating for other lawmakers will also de tight. prosecutors are looking into payments and gifts given to people in strategic positions in your decision making. who's in favo

maryam: what has it been for the image of the european parliament? s, but you have got to get the context that at the moment, the european union has been putting a lot of pressure on hungary and poland, saying they have got to make sure the will of what is being obeyed, cracking down on corruption. politicians there are delighted by what is happening this week. victor orbach originally made funthe polish justice party mep said the question arises, where is the problem with the rule of law? in poland or in the european union? we have also seen a contribution om e thle peuenro.pe union and referred to something that happened several years ago when she said they drink yesterday led over a totally transparent, legal log. at the same time, rush out with delivering cash to people supposedly in the camp of the good. she is prejudging something that has only been alledge, but this is the kind of criticism that the parliament wanted to avoid. there are an awful lot of people saying, i told you so. maryam: let's talk about estions that have bee asked about more

well, about the mood in to the european union, in particular, in the european parliament, we will nowtiana vysotska, our correspondent who is in strasbourg. glory to ukraine, tetyana, congratulations, glory anton. congratulations , welcome to the studio. yes, today in the european parliament , ukrainian days traditionally begin on wednesday, wednesday is thursday, and today the european parliament awarded ukraine with the e sakharov for freedom of thought, this prize was awarded to the ukrainian people in the person of the president, elected leaders and civil society, speaking in their in her introductory speech, the president of the european union expressed her real admiration for ukrainian ordinary people who put up and are putting up extraordinary resistance to russian aggression. she noted that our people came out unarmed against anti-tank weapons, they sacrificed their lives to stop the russian army, and that is why this award is what the ukrainian people deserve 100% . and roberto myatove noted that the ukrainian people will not surrender and we will not surrender to them, well,

, the corrupt european parliament deciding about corruption in hungary. crushed mark is so everybody here is really gob smacked and people are totally r a fight. so roberto met solar has to somehow figure out a way forward how to contain the follows from the scandal and to show all way that did this will not happen again in future. okay. barbara visa were in, i was gonna say in brussels, in strasburg, and we've just been told a barbara that this speech has now been delayed. so thank you for setting the scene for us and we will come back to you and the parliament in the course of the program . thank you so much gonna while the european union is considering further sanctions against iran over human rights abuses of his comes after iranian authorities executed a 2nd demonstrator linked to anti government protest. but you just measured ray, that raw nevada was convicted for, allegedly stabbing it to security officers to death during demonstrations. human rights groups have warned that protesters are being sentenced to dea

w business beyond ah ah, this is debbie news live from berlin, high level corruption at the european parliament. police reportedly charge parliamentary vice president in connection with pay for play scandal. b, p was among 4 people detained on suspicion of taking bribes from world cup post. also on the show ukrainian investigators and hockey say they're collecting evidence showing that russia used especially destructive bombs against civilians, a possible war and splashed down to ryan the unproved. nasa capital return successfully to earth put the u. s. space agency. one step closer. returning astronauts to the modem. ah and we will corrupt welcome to the program if kylie, one of the european parliament's vice presidents has reportedly been charged by police in connection with a corruption probe. the use legislative branch already stripped kylie of her powers . belgian police are investigating whether european union officials took bribes from cut are the host of the world cup. belgian prosecutors expanded their corruption investigation into members of the european parliament over the weekend, a

cleared and the agreement on agriculture and fishery that with the support o some members in the european parliamentmyself, were brought to the court -- european court of justice, as was mentioned, and european court of justice very clearly established international law. this, through that persistence, apart from the government of this european state, of course, the protection of the united states as well. there is this network inside the european parliament to overrule ople like myself who put forward the argument of international law and human rights. and also even the security -- on myself, i went to morocco. i went to the refugee camps. i could sense the extreme security risks that europe in particular but as well as africa and the world is facing by not helping western sahara be settled as it was settled in the case of human rights with the rights of the people to determine what they want for their future to be properly asserted through a referenm. morocco was obstructing the referendum. i speak of the security and go because you can't imagine such a dispute and generations of sawharis -- amy:

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here, she is addressing the european parliament. ent is a threat will stop at nothing. these malign actors linked to autocratic technique autocratic third countries have allegedly but denies ngos, ——autocratic third countries have allegedly weaponised ngos, unions, individuals, assistants and members of the european parliament in an effort to subdue our processes. our correspondent jessica parker has the latest from brussels. i think the details of this case so far is probably what has shocked people across brussels and beyond, so belgian prosecutors came out on friday and said that they carried out a series of raids on properties across brussels they'd seized 600,000 euros in cash and as well over the weekend we learned that among those arrested, four had been charged, among them is reported to be a greek mep, a vice president of the european parliament, one of 1a, and although she has now been stripped of her powers by the european parliament parliament, also reportedly a charge, francesco georgia, parliamentary assistant and her p

and the third issue, which will also be voted on today this is finally the final vote for the european parliamentarding the allocation of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance in ukraine for the next year, and as we remember during the previous session, the same vote was already positive, but the european union faced the fact that at the stage of final agreement, hungary e-e tried to apply the veto that on this issue you are trading your economic interests and in the future to overcome similar attempts by hungary to withhold ukrainian aid, the european commission made relevant submissions to the resolution and today it is submitted in the form of a second reading for a vote by the european parliament and the vote is expected to be positive, there will be no surprises, and the first tranche of aid ukraine should receive in january 2023 studio to you tetyana tetyana vysotska espresso correspondent from strasbourg joined our live broadcast and told about the procedure day of the last day of the session of the european parliament, where many ukrainian issues will be considered as soon as the

belgian court accused of being involved in an alleged corruption scandal which has rocked the european parliament cash stashed in various properties, which had been given as bribes — allegedly by qatar. they deny any wrongdoing. a member of the parliament has also been charged, but has had her hearing postponed. our europe editor katya adler reports. cases full of cash seized by belgian police linked to key figures in or close to the european parliament. prompting hair—raising questions about trust and whether eu influence can be bought. translation: the investigation concerns the suspected - corruption of european parliamentarians by a gulf nation. the purpose of the bribery was to favour this country in the financial and political decisions of the european parliament. the scope of the investigation is spreading, so what do we know so far? this vice president of the european parliament, formerly a glamorous tv presenter in greece, here with qatar's minister of labour, is making the most headlines. this is her last month, praising qatar's record on migrant workers' rights... qatar is a frontrunne

the european parliament really sort of puts itself or does the fast in a fundamental democracy and rights and values in the european union. they say that the most democratic of the use institutions because they're directly elected by the members of the, by the citizens of the european union. so this is a big reputational issue for them, as well as for the categories who oversee hosting, the world cup at the moment. and there's going to have to be a lot of damage control. but a lot of people i've been speaking to say that this is a real big question about the european parliament. so when i spoke, i spoke to said that if you have 600000, your is in cash in your home, which is the allegation you're not afraid of being caught. and that says something, you know, bad or worrying about the institution of the european parliament and how it affects that people have felt that they can potentially get away with this. ok is just parish. thank you. let's now go to ukraine. the country's forces have attacked russia, occupied multiple, a strategically important city in the southeast. at least 2 people h

he is a member of the european parliament. also one of its vice presidents is good to have you with us here and dw news. what's your reaction to these latest arrests? it is a very sad day. are they, you'd have been about a month. it is also a sad day for out of parliamentary democracy all over the european union. and they think that it is important to do what they really takes in order to have it causative outcome of that the large scale investigations are about a very large scandal of what option is that the best thing for them to shop? for as you can find them and make sure that on the so this is the position of our president and the belgian about this in any nation or 30, which would be within the investigation in the coming days. in order to find the truth. do you have any clarity to which golf country these allegations are linked to a goal of the belgian media list, who are the gulf country is defined as cut. and there was in the bait a few weeks ago in the plenary in november in which place president kaylee had to suppor

here, she is addressing the european parliament. ry existence of this parliament is a threat will stop at nothing. these malign actors linked to autocratic third countries have allegedly weaponised and ngos, unions, individuals, assistants and members of the european parliament in an effort to subdue our processes. to discuss this we can speak to kim scheppele, who's an expert on the european union and professor at the princeton school of public and international affairs. thank you for being with us, what do you make of this? this came as quite _ what do you make of this? this came as quite a _ what do you make of this? this came as quite a shock- what do you make of this? ti 3 came as quite a shock to everyone because a scandal like this hasn't happened and anyone's living memory in the european parliament, also it has a lot of goals that are supposed to prevent this kind of thing from happening, so when the story broke the first reaction from brussels was shot in the second reaction was you heard from president roberta metsola a st

the suspects in order to influence the european parliament decisions are katara. that is now hosting the soccer world cup or a country that has been facing a lot of her criticism and allegation is, are, for instance, when it comes to the question how they got the right to host the world cup or when it comes to their conditions. under which a migrant workers were building the countries stadium. so now a katara is allegedly behind all of this. and what are the katara authorities said about this all the tar mission to the european union. and they have issued a statement to denying all the allegations saying that they are baseless, that they are gravely images, lads, that they do not have anything to do, that they are complying with international law, et cetera. but of course, when we take a take into account, the massive allegations of their de katara government was facing in the past. you can imagine that 3rd, there will be many people not trusting that statement. of course he dudley's alexandra nomine in brussels. fast, thank you. so much how china's government's d

a member of the european parliament was also charged, but the hearing was postponed and with the detailslumnist katya adler, suitcases full of cash seized by the belgian police are linked to key figures in the european parliament or close to it, and this raises serious questions about trust and is it possible to buy the influence of the eu ? the investigation concerns the alleged corruption of european parliamentarians from the persian gulf countries. the purpose of the bribery was to help this country in financial and political decisions of the european parliament , investigations are expanding so what we know at the moment the vice-president of the european parliament is a former spectacular tv presenter in greece . in the field of labor rights, the abolition of the kafala , the introduction of the minimum wage, at a time when fellow meps adopted a critical resolution in this regard, she is accused of receiving a bribe to to influence the vote in favor of kater kater denies his involvement, but this scandal casts an unfavorable light on the host of the world cup reminds of the numerous