Balkans | Suspension of the membership of the Greek MP party due to suspicions of corruption in Parliament

The New Democracy party of Maria Spiraki, one of the two Greek MPs whose immunity was lifted by the EU Prosecutor’s Office, has reportedly been suspended on suspicion of corruption related to the European Parliament.

And according to the statement made by the ruling “New Democracy” party in Greece, that by a decision of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the party’s head, the membership of Parliamentarian Maria Spiraki was suspended in the party until the completion of the investigation.

The statement stressed in the statement that as long as the investigation continues, Speraki will not be a parliamentary candidate for Thessaloniki in the next general elections.

In the statement made by the Office of the General Prosecutor of the European Union, the immunity of Greek MPs Eva Kayli and Maria Spiraki of the European People’s Party, who are at the center of the corruption and bribery investigations that have been conducted, were asked to be lifted. It happens for a while in Belgium.

An investigative report by the European Union’s Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) stated that there was suspicion of corruption involving misuse of the EU budget.

It was noted that the issue of corruption is linked to parliamentary appropriations related to the wages of assistants working in Parliament.

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