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European parliament VP taken into custody

183 点作者 spapas82超过 2 年前

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epilys超过 2 年前
For context, this person was part of PASOK[0], one of the two political parties that created the Greek debt crisis and is rife with corruption scandals [1][2][3][4][5]. She was removed from the party some days ago.<p>The other political party is in power today. They both plundered the Greek public sector, privatized public owned industries and subsequently cooked the numbers to let Greece in the Eurozone even with the massive debt they had caused.<p>Vote abstention is around 40-45% in Greece, and higher among the youth.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PASOK" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;PASOK</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Andreas_Papandreou#%22Koskotas_scandal%22,_trial_and_return_to_power" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Andreas_Papandreou#%22Koskotas...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Akis_Tsochatzopoulos#Corruption_accusations" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Akis_Tsochatzopoulos#Corruptio...</a><p>[3]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lagarde_list" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Lagarde_list</a><p>[4]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Novartis#Corruption" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Novartis#Corruption</a><p>[5]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Siemens_Greek_bribery_scandal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Siemens_Greek_bribery_scandal</a>
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akie超过 2 年前
I really dislike the whole cynical &quot;all politicians are thieves&quot; vibe going on in here. Yes, this politician was probably for sale, she took money from dubious sources, AND SHE WAS ARRESTED. I think that&#x27;s fantastic, because it shows that even the powerful can be held to account. This is most certainly not the case everywhere.
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motohagiography超过 2 年前
Am I the only one who, whenever I read stories about politicians being arrested, I just assume that their backing coalition wants them replaced with someone who can enrich the coalition more boldly, and are just calling in the kompromat lever that qualified the politician to be put in the fronting position in the first place?<p>Nobody would ever give authority or levers of power to someone they couldn&#x27;t control, and the job of someone in power is to keep the rewards coming to the people who keep them there. Corruption is a scourge, but in most places it&#x27;s the cultural norm and not a deviation.<p>The pitch for leadership is, &quot;I can return this much to you for this long, and here is the kompromat that will force me to resign, as collateral.&quot; Political leadership isn&#x27;t the power, it&#x27;s the symbolic meaning of becoming the name in history you believe is meaningful. Power is invisible and only felt. Acquiring that is a very different path, and its job is to keep the front of the house sustained and managed. The debate and and policies other than spending are just a cheap spectacle.<p>So on this MEP being busted, I&#x27;m &quot;Shocked, shocked!&quot; to find out there was corruption going on in there.
mabbo超过 2 年前
How fun. The MEP who loudly announces how great Qatar&#x27;s labor rights are is found with hundreds of thousands of euros in cash, allegedly from &quot;a gulf country&quot;.<p>Presuming the allegations are true, all I can think is how basic the whole affair is. TV has made me come to expect something more complicated and devious.
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jabiko超过 2 年前
I think its important to know that there are 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament in total. One of them was taken into custody.
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boycottqatar超过 2 年前
Jesus killing journalists to propagating anti semitic content through Al Jazeera to funding terrorist, is there any level to which Qatar won&#x27;t stoop?<p>[ As per European Parliament According to reliable intelligence sources, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are the main funders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Governments of Germany and the USA have also accused the two countries of financing and supporting ISIS.](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&#x2F;doceo&#x2F;document&#x2F;P-8-2014-007445_EN.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.europarl.europa.eu&#x2F;doceo&#x2F;document&#x2F;P-8-2014-00744...</a>)<p>It has been even brought before the US Congress as well how Qatar is an active sponsor of terrorism ( something which Al Jazeera won&#x27;t highlight)<p>[According to official US Committee on Foreign Affairs, Qatar has been known to be a permissive environment for terror financing, reportedly funding U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Al qaeda and ISIS, as well as several extremist groups operating in Syria. At least one high-ranking Qatari official provided support to the mastermind of the 9&#x2F;11. Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, also made Doha his headquarters for years while the Qatari&#x27;s--with the Qatari&#x27;s Government support and even the Muslim Brotherhood has received significant support from Qatar. Of course, not all of this is supported by the government in Doha. Many individuals and charities in Qatar have been known to raise large sums of money for al-Qaeda, the Nusra front, Hamas, and even ISIS.](<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.govinfo.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;pkg&#x2F;CHRG-115hhrg26427&#x2F;html&#x2F;CHRG-115hhrg26427.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.govinfo.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;pkg&#x2F;CHRG-115hhrg26427&#x2F;html&#x2F;C...</a>)
andix超过 2 年前
Just to give it some context, there are 14 VPs to the European parliament. Only the president and the 1st VP play a significant role. She was neither.
stavros超过 2 年前
<i>Sees article</i><p>&quot;Please let it not be a Greek please let it not be a Greek&quot;<p><i>clicks</i><p><i>sigh</i>
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elkos超过 2 年前
Eva Kaili, the MEP that got taken into custody, has several times talked about the transformative role of Blockchain, AI and FinTech.<p>As a person that is a bit cynical with overpromises around such technologies I can&#x27;t help wonder how much of her support on such tech was sincere.
rad_gruchalski超过 2 年前
She is one of the people behind the Cyber Resilience Act, recently discussed here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.nlnetlabs.nl&#x2F;open-source-software-vs-the-cyber-resilience-act&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.nlnetlabs.nl&#x2F;open-source-software-vs-the-cyber-...</a>.
greatgib超过 2 年前
To me, it would be fair that she get the punishment that she would get if she did commit such a crime in the Qatar. I guess something like death penalty for betraying the kingdom dictators. Should be ok with her as she was supporting the fact that human rights are ok there...
donclark超过 2 年前
Is there a percentage ranking of the possibility of a -or- most politicians being corrupt? Odds are? Asking for a friend that is thinking of going into politics.
intunderflow超过 2 年前
The only way to detain someone with parliamentary immunity is if they are caught in the act, so they must have caught her with the 600k.
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oriettaxx超过 2 年前
no news about this in Al Jazeera<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aljazeera.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;Eva%20Kaili" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aljazeera.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;Eva%20Kaili</a>
oriettaxx超过 2 年前
Omg<p>did you listen to what that member of the EU parliament says in the interview in the video? - &quot;there is a very large majority of parliamentarians who do not that dirty game&quot; -<p>a &quot;large majority&quot; do not? ... so a minority does?
DrNosferatu超过 2 年前
Damn it, those South Europeans again!
f1refly超过 2 年前
I was hoping so much this would be about Ursula von der Leyen