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he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
By having some European countries<\/a> formally recognize Palestinian statehood and several Middle Eastern states formally recognize Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron had planned to utilize the occasion to kickstart peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
At a UN summit next month, France has been pressuring EU nations including the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium to collectively recognize the state of Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By having some European countries<\/a> formally recognize Palestinian statehood and several Middle Eastern states formally recognize Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron had planned to utilize the occasion to kickstart peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Moreover, the warming attitude toward crypto in India is partly attributed to ongoing trade negotiations and closer economic ties with the United States. New Delhi policymakers are encouraged to link more near with US regulatory trends to attract foreign investment and foster innovation in the digital asset space. This alignment is encouraging India\u2019s crypto sector to intensify lobbying efforts in the U.S. to gain support for tax reforms and regulatory clarity that could benefit both countries\u2019 crypto markets.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Crypto lobby gains momentum in India as U.S. trade talks influence policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"crypto-lobby-gains-momentum-in-india-as-u-s-trade-talks-influence-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-31 20:51:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-31 20:51:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7914","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7856,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 18:51:24","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 18:51:24","post_content":"\n At a UN summit next month, France has been pressuring EU nations including the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium to collectively recognize the state of Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By having some European countries<\/a> formally recognize Palestinian statehood and several Middle Eastern states formally recognize Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron had planned to utilize the occasion to kickstart peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The European Commission and European Parliament banned all Huawei lobbyists <\/a>from accessing the organisation\u2019s facilities in reaction to the controversy. Affiliates will be evaluated individually. Huawei stated it had no tolerance for corruption once the incident surfaced, but it hasn't released an official comment since. The Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament will vote on withdrawing the immunity of the five lawmakers after the announcement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","post_title":"EU integrity under pressure as Huawei-linked MEPs identified","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"eu-integrity-under-pressure-as-huawei-linked-meps-identified","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7849","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":34},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Coinbase and Binance have returned to the market. Both businesses had previously withdrawn from the market due to unclear regulations. Since many MPs are gradually coming around to the notion, Coinbase sees India as a critical development location and has just received major regulatory permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, the warming attitude toward crypto in India is partly attributed to ongoing trade negotiations and closer economic ties with the United States. New Delhi policymakers are encouraged to link more near with US regulatory trends to attract foreign investment and foster innovation in the digital asset space. This alignment is encouraging India\u2019s crypto sector to intensify lobbying efforts in the U.S. to gain support for tax reforms and regulatory clarity that could benefit both countries\u2019 crypto markets.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Crypto lobby gains momentum in India as U.S. trade talks influence policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"crypto-lobby-gains-momentum-in-india-as-u-s-trade-talks-influence-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-31 20:51:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-31 20:51:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7914","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7856,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 18:51:24","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 18:51:24","post_content":"\n At a UN summit next month, France has been pressuring EU nations including the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium to collectively recognize the state of Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By having some European countries<\/a> formally recognize Palestinian statehood and several Middle Eastern states formally recognize Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron had planned to utilize the occasion to kickstart peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\"The war, the displacement [of Palestinians], and the violence of extremist settlers have undermined the two-state solution more than ever before, despite the fact that it is more necessary than ever,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n a French official stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But France has been obliged to lower expectations for the conference it is co-hosting with KSA because to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza brought on by Israel's bombing campaign and its three-month siege, which severely restricts residents' access to food, water, and medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The Arab countries prefer sanctions to statehood,\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n a EU diplomat stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokeswoman stated that the UK was prepared to collaborate with regional partners and nations to \"do what we can to support the foundations of Palestinian statehood.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to the Palestinians' decades-long demand, Paris and Britain would be the first G7 countries to recognize the state of Palestine. Israel has frequently attacked French diplomatic initiatives, claiming they legitimate Hamas and essentially compensate the terrorist organization for the terror assault in October 2023. Regarding Paris and London's recognition of Palestine, the Israeli administration is probably going to say the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spain, including Norway and Ireland joined the 140 other UN member nations who recognize the state of Palestine last year. Israel is not recognized by many nations in Middle East and North African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n French officials have long warned that Paris will only recognize Palestinian statehood if it improves the peace process, but they have stated for years that Paris is on the verge of doing so. French president declared in April that it was time to take the next stage toward recognition and take part in a collaborative approach that would recognize both Israel and a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Michel Duclos, a former ambassador to Syria and fellow at the Institut Montaigne, publicly recognizing a Palestinian state would now appear more like a rebuke than a step toward peace as the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip worsens. He declared, \"It would be a condemnation of Israel.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n EU recognition of the Palestinian territory, according to Duclos, might \"inspire Arab countries to specify their requirements for normalizing relations with Israel.\" According to the French ambassador cited above, Paris hopes that during the June 17\u201320 summit in New York, Middle Eastern<\/a> governments would continue to take \u201csteps\u201d toward normalisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, Israel's closest friend and biggest military supporter will ultimately determine whether or not the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank is stopped. Furthermore, there is no indication that Washington is yet prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, despite EU officials pointing to a change in Trump's stance toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Paris lobbying EU, Britain to recognize Palestinian statehood\u00a0","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"paris-lobbying-eu-britain-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_modified_gmt":"2025-05-28 18:57:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7856","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7849,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-05-27 16:02:36","post_content":"\n The names of the five MEPs connected to the Huawei lobbying controversy were made public by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Wednesday. She announced that the EU Parliament<\/a> will vote to terminate Giusi Princi's and\u00a0 Fulvio Martusciello's immunity at the proposal of Belgium management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Metsola also mentioned three additional EU parliamentarians who had acknowledged earlier this week that Belgian officials had approached them. MEPs Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev, and Salvatore de Meo were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight persons have been taken into custody as a result of the inquiry thus far. These include lobbyists and Lawmakers assistants, as well as present and former Huawei workers. Although no MEPs have been taken into custody as of yet, Martusciello's name was anticipated following the arrest of his parliamentary aide in Italy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to investigators, Huawei's lobbyists may have influenced lawmakers with unreported gifts and payments, such as free sports tickets, expensive presents, sizable cash transfers, and even all-expense-paid vacations to China, in return for backing for the Chinese business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was disclosed earlier this week that as part of a probe into Huawei's cash-for-influence operation in Brussels, Belgian prosecutors had asked the European Parliament to revoke the immunity of the five MEPs without identifying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to the revelation, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev\u2014the three MEPs who had gone public\u2014all denied any misconduct. According to De Meo, his issue concerns attending an aperitif, a social event that was not planned by Huawei. Representatives from the Huawei group were also present at the event, which was held outside the European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue involving Maltese Labour MEP Daniel Attard pertains to a football game he watched in September from Huawei\u2019s box seats at the Anderlecht stadium in Belgium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I was unaware that the invitation originated from a company or that it pertained to a corporate box. Subsequently, it became evident that the invitation was from an individual under investigation by the Belgian authorities, who aimed to discuss Huawei with me during the match,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minchev, a Bulgarian Renew MEP, is also being investigated for going<\/a> to Huawei's box during a football game in Anderlecht. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"My presence at this event is now the reason for the management investigation into any potential issues or wrongdoing,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he told the Bulgarian press. Adam Mukhtar, Minchev's assistant, had his office raided by authorities in the middle of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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