pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information.laims they offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. earlier i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiza, who's been following the story. pier antonio panzeri is a former mep, and member of the european parliament, in brussels. he has become a central figure in this corruption scandal, so—called "qatargate". he was arrested in brussels a few days ago with other eu now what's new is that he's now admitted to participating in a criminal organisations and actively corrupting people. an active corru pter. he has agreed to a plea bargain which is significant because he will give information as to how this criminal network was operating. mr panzeri has a lawyer who has given an interview. this is what he said. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri's involved. - he did not deny it. this is a man who is destroyed. he will have to tell everything he knows, both about the beneficiaries of the corruption phenomenon, the organisation that was implemented, and the financial circuits

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information.laims it offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. earlier i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiza, who's been following the story. he has become a centralfigure, arrested in december with other eu officials. what is new is that he has admitted to participating in criminal organisations and actively correcting people. he has agreed to a plea bargain and thatis agreed to a plea bargain and that is significant because it means he will give a lot of information about how this criminal network was operating. mr panzeri has a lawyer who has given an interview. let's listen to what he has to say. translation: it listen to what he has to say. translation:— listen to what he has to say. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri — translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is _ translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. - translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. he - mr panzeri is involved. he doesn't _ mr panzeri is involved. he doesn't deny it. this is a m

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information. contested claims they offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. a reporter has been following this and joins us now. talk us through these developments? he is a former member of the european parliament in brussels and he has become a central figure in this corruption scandal, so—called qatargate. he was arrested in december with other eu officials. now, what is new is that he has admitted to participating in a criminal organisations and actively corrupting people. he has agreed to a plea bargain and that is significant because it means he is going to give a lot of information about how this criminal network was operating. mr panzeri has a lawyer who has given an interview. let's listen to what he had to say. translation: it he had to say. translation: , . ., ., translation: it is clear that mr panzeri — translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is _ translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved, - translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved, he - trans

the former mep, pier antonio panzeri, who's one of the key suspects in a european parliament corruption scandal, has agreed to help prosecutors in brussels in return for a reduced prison sentence. both qatar and morocco deny claims they bribed officials to win influence in parliament. good morning, sally will be with you at the top of the hour but now, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from geneva. i'm stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments and people around the world question that premise? well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo—iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the world's key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. what's it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wto's purpose, th

the former mep, pier antonio panzeri, who's one of the key suspects in a european parliament corruption scandal, has agreed to help prosecutors in brussels in return for a reduced prison sentence. qatar denies claims it bribed officials to win influence in parliament. the rmt and aslef unions have announced a fresh wave of rail strikes over pay and conditions on februaryi and 3. teachers and civil servants will also take action over pay and on wednesday, nurses in england and wales will stage a two—day strike. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been talking to nurses about pay and the cost of living. who's looking after our mums and dads and kids? it's nurses, but you can't do that when you're running on empty. ifirst met carmel, an experienced nurse in liverpool, back in june. they take care of the nursing family but we can't take care of anyone... then we talked about the impact of the cost—of—living crisis on health workers. now, on the eve of two days of strike action, carmel says things have got even worse. we've got people leaving because they can't afford to be a nurse.

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information.e contested claims they offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. i've been speaking to our news reporter sofia bettiza who gave me the latest. he isa he is a former mp in the parliament of brussels, he has been a central figure parliament of brussels, he has been a centralfigure in parliament of brussels, he has been a central figure in this corruption scandal, the so—called qatar gate, he was arrested in brussels a few days ago with other eu figures. what is new is that he has now admitted to participating in a criminal organisation and being an active corrupter. according to a statement by belgium's federal prosecutor he has agreed to enter a plea bargain. the reason that is significant is that he is going to give details about how this criminal network was operating. mr panzeri has a lawyer who has just given an interview. let's listen to what he had to say. translation: it listen to what he had to say. translation:— translation: it is clear mr panzeri is — transl

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information. have contested claims they offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is following this story. antonio panzeri is a former mep member of the european parliament, and brussels. he has been a centralfigure in this corruption scandal, so far qatar gate. he was arrested in brussels a few days ago with other eu figures. now what's new is that he's now admitted to participating in a criminal organisation and being an active corrupter. according to active corrupter. according to a statement by belgian�*s federal prosecutor, he's agreed to enter a plea bargain. now the reason that significant is he said he'll give details about how this criminal network was operating. now mr panzeri has a lawyer who is just given an interview, let's listen to what he had to say. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri's involved. - he did not deny it. this is a man who is destroyed. he will have to tell everything he knows, both about the beneficiaries of the corru

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information.ropean parliament. our reporter sofia bettiza is following this. sofia, can you take us through the latest developments? antonio panzeri is a former mep, member of the european parliament in brussels. he is a centralfigure in this corruption scandal, so—called qatargate. he was arrested in brussels a few days ago, with other senior eu officials. he's now admitted to participating in a criminal organisation and being an active corrupter. he has agreed to a plea bargain. this means he is going to give details on how the criminal network operated. mr panzeri has a lawyer, who's just given an interview. let's listen to him. translation: it is clear that mr panzeri — translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is _ translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. - translation: it is clear that mr panzeri is involved. he - translation: it is clear that | mr panzeri is involved. he does not deny— mr panzeri is involved. he does not deny it _ mr panzeri is involved. he does not deny it. thi

pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information.nfluence the european parliament. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is following this story. great to get you on the programme. just take us through the latest developments.— just take us through the latest developments. just take us through the latest develoments. ,, ~ ., ., developments. sure, hi, antonio penn sarah is a former— developments. sure, hi, antonio penn sarah is a former member _ developments. sure, hi, antonio penn sarah is a former member of - developments. sure, hi, antonio penn sarah is a former member of the - sarah is a former member of the european parliament in brussels —— antonio panzeri. he was arrested in brussels a few days ago with other eu figures. now what's new is he's now admitted to participating in a criminal organisation and being an active corrupter. according to a statement by belgian's federal prosecutor, he's agreed to enter a plea bargain — and the reason that significant is he give details about how this criminal network was operating. now mr panzeri ha

four people were charged, one of them pier antonio panzeri, as you say, a former member of the european with mr panzeri and that he is going to be giving them information on how this alleged criminal network operated, the people involved, the countries involved as well. they are even saying, we are including the identities of people he admits to having bribes, so a very significant developing in this case that left the european permit reeling. you say the european permit reeling. you say the ma the european permit reeling. you say they may be — the european permit reeling. you say they may be countries _ the european permit reeling. you say they may be countries involved, - the european permit reeling. you say they may be countries involved, the i they may be countries involved, the plural? do we have any idea how long that list is? we plural? do we have any idea how long that list is? ~ ., �* ~ ., plural? do we have any idea how long that list is? ., �* ~ ., ., plural? do we have any idea how long that list is? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., ., that list is? we don't know how long that list is? we do