Earlier, MEP Marc Tarabella and Francesco Giorgi, partner of Eva Kaili, had also been released under conditions by the investigating judge.
For several months now, the federal prosecutor’s office has been conducting a major investigation into attempts by the Gulf state of Qatar and Morocco to influence the economic and political decision-making of the European Parliament. Both countries are said to have tried to influence decisions and resolutions of the European Parliament through former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri and his non-profit organization Fight Impunity.
In that case, not only Panzeri, but also his right-hand man Francesco Giorgi, his partner and Vice-President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, the Brussels-Italian lobbyist Nicolo Figa-Talamanca, Eva Kaili’s father and trade unionist Luca Visentini were arrested on December 9. The latter two were released after questioning, but Giorgi, Kaili, Panzeri, and Figa-Talamanca were placed under arrest. On 11 February, Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella was also placed under an arrest warrant.
Figa-Talamanca has meanwhile been released by the investigating judge, while the four other suspects have all been placed under electronic surveillance. The last to leave the prison was Eva Kaili. She was only able to return to the flat she shares with her partner Giorgi on April 14.
Investigating judge Michel Claise has now decided to release Eva Kaili under certain conditions, after Marc Tarabella and Francesco Giorgi. It is therefore no longer under electronic supervision. That is still the case for Antonio Panzeri.
LOOK. This footage shows Kaili leaving prison in mid-April