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EU committee votes to lift immunity from two MEPs amid ‘Qatargate’ inquiry

EU committee votes to lift immunity from two MEPs amid ‘Qatargate’ inquiry

European parliament expected to back committee and strip Marc Tarabella and Andrea Cozzolino of immunity from prosecutionA European parliament committee has voted to lift immunity from two MEPs following a request from Belgian authorities investigating the “Qatargate” bribery and corruption scandal that has shaken the EU assembly.MEPs on the European parliament’s legal affairs committee voted unanimously with no abstentions on Tuesday to strip immunity from Belgium’s Marc Tarabella and Italy’s Andrea Cozzolino.

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