Belgium asks the European Parliament to raise the immunities of the MDEP – politico

The legal committee of the parliament will then decide whether the immunities should be aligned in a process that can only take four weeks in sensitive cases if they are quickly pursued or up to a year for a year.

Daniel Attard, a Maltese socialist member, is part of the group, he said on Monday on social media.

He said he was examined in the box in connection with the Huawei probe for participating in a football game in September, which Huawei has in the Anderlecht Football Stadium in Brussels.

“I did not realize that the invitation comes from a company or that it was a corporate box,” he said. “Since then, it has turned out that the invitation came from a person currently examined by the Belgian authorities and intended to talk to me about Huawei during the game.”

Attard said that after a subsequent meeting in parliament, he had not taken any measures with the company's representatives, which he explained, “had no further communication and had no measures in terms of Huawei or any matters in connection with the company”.

The authorities also examine seven MPs who signed a letter sent in February 2021 to three EU commissioners in which they argued, geopolitical tensions should not hinder the development of 5G devices in Europe, a step that benefits the Chinese technology gender. The Belgian authorities check whether these legislators have been paid for their signatures. It is unclear whether the waiver of these legislators is aimed at.