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Politico (19 September 2023)

Nine months in, the blockbuster cash-for-influence Qatargate legal case could be about to collapse. 

Eva Kaili, the European Parliament’s former vice president who was arrested and charged with corruption in December, is now launching a daring legal challenge aimed at toppling the entire investigation, arguing the police and spy services acted illegally when they went after her. And she can already count on Andrea Cozzolino, another member of European Parliament who is charged in the case, to join in the effort.

Months of planning by Kaili’s lawyers will come to a head at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in the Palace of Justice in Brussels, where the federal prosecutor has convened a meeting to consider the legal challenge.

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