“All institutions must constantly ask themselves this question.” Emmanuel Macron was invited to react this Thursday night to the investigation into the large payments that Qatar would have made to influence European decisions. Eva Kaili, vice president of the institution, was accused of “corruption” and imprisoned.
“I want to salute the seriousness with which the president (Roberta Metsola, editor’s note) took this issue from the beginning, the extreme seriousness and determination she showed,” the President of the Republic first declared.
“Massive reforms” in 2023 for the European Parliament
The president of the European Parliament announced “extensive reforms” for 2023. She mentioned in particular the strengthening of whistleblower protection and the ban on unofficial friendship groups with third countries.
“We must not simply cast a kind of generalized suspicion on everyone,” however added Emmanuel Macron, questioned at the time about the risk of seeing other European institutions splashed by this scandal.
The Head of State also added that the Renew Europe party and En Marche aux Européennes 2019 “campaigned precisely on the creation of a European equivalent of the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life.”
“It is not up to me from where I am and when we are talking about saying what should be done by Parliament, it is up to Parliament to say it,” the head of state nevertheless specified.
Source: BFM TV
