The SYRIZA MEP, Alexis Georgoulis, was expelled from the party yesterday, as a complaint against him is being investigated by the Belgian prosecutors, according to information regarding a case of the use of violence.
According to the same information, the victim is said to be an employee of the Commission today and previously of the European Parliament, but also an executive of PASOK-Movement of Change, a close associate of Nikos Androulakis.
Specifically, at 6 pm Greek time, it became known through the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, that there is a request to lift the parliamentary immunity of Alexis Georgoulis from the Brussels Prosecutor’s Office, for this specific case.
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His announced at the beginning of the work of the Plenary in Strasbourg that there is a request from the Belgian authorities to lift the immunity of MEP Alexis Georgoulis. “I received a request from the competent Belgian authorities to lift the parliamentary immunity of Alexis Georgoulis. The request is referred to the legal affairs committee”, he said.
The Commission will vote on this in a week or two, in order for the request to go back to the Plenary and to begin the process of lifting his parliamentary immunity.
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