Panzeri admits before the judge that he has given money to Tarabella-Corriere.it

FROM OUR REPORTER
BRUSSELS – Here comes the first admission of a delivery of money by Antonio Panzeri
who declared to the judge Michel Claise that he had given between 120 and 140 thousand euros to
Marc Tarabella
in several installments, while the group in the European Parliament was discussing the potion to be taken on respect for the rights of workers engaged in the works for the Qatar soccer world cup.

Panzeri’s interrogation is attached to the request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity presented to the European assembly against Tarabella himself and the Italian
Andrew Cozzolino
. But while for the first there would be the novelty of the money received from Panzeri, for the deputy from Campania the elements would always remain those of a supposed participation in a team with Panzeri and
Francesco Giorgi
(both in prison in Brussels) in contact with the Moroccan secret services through the Riyadh ambassador in Warsaw.

At the beginning firmly opposed to any opening in favor of Qatar, Tarabella intervened on November 14, 2022 in the special commission, overturning his judgment. According to the indictment, however, after having received pressure from Panzeri. During the raid of arrests in December, Tarabella’s home in a town near Brussels was raided in the presence (as established by the Belgian Constitution) of the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.

The hearing for the review was not held in Brussels today of the precautionary custody of Antonio Panzeri. was after Panzeri himself decided to withdraw his appeal against his December 9 arrest for criminal organization, corruption, money laundering. The next hearing for the same exam won’t be held for another month.