EU committee votes to lift protections for 2 lawmakers allegedly involved in major corruption scandal
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The European Parliament's legal affairs committee unanimously voted to lift the protective immunity of two lawmakers who are allegedly linked to a major corruption scandal.
The move paves the way for the full house to vote on whether to remove their protections on Thursday so that the two men, who are members of the center-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group hardest hit by the scandal, can be questioned by Belgian prosecutors.
Hundreds of thousands of euros (dollars) were seized in raids across Brussels in December. Four people were charged with corruption, money laundering and membership in a criminal organization for allegedly accepting bribes from Qatari and Moroccan officials to influence parliamentary proceedings.
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