Hungarian premier calls for reform in European Parliament amid corruption scandal
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called Wednesday for a restructured European Parliament amid an ongoing corruption case involving a high-ranking European parliamentarian.
“The swamp should be drained,” Orban told reporters at an annual press conference, adding that Hungarians want the parliament to consist of politicians delegated from the nations’ parliaments rather than being determined through a separate election.
Regarding the European Parliament’s reputation since the corruption scandal emerged, he said its credibility was “at zero” and could not go below that.
A high-ranking European parliamentarian, Eva Kaili, who was arrested earlier this month in an influence-peddling scandal, has made at least a partial confession to a judge, reported continental dailies.
Kaili, 44, from Greece’s center-left PASOK-KINAL party and one of the 14 vice presidents of the European Parliament, was arrested Dec. 9 by Belgian police after her home was searched on corruption charges related to Qatar.
Last Tuesday, she was barred from the parliament’s vice presidency over the allegations.
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