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Re: Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe

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Post by blogabegonija »

Deukhoofd wrote: post #9
blogabegonija wrote: post #4

Eva "Cash" Kaili. Part two.

You're never going to get rid of bribery and corruption entirely, unfortunately. Greed is way too strong a motivator. Hopefully people actually getting arrested and charged for it makes people think twice though.

Europe is now spending new billions in security. My guess is just new Political drama, a theatre to cover up corrupt spending.

Re: Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe

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Post by Deukhoofd »

tgv wrote: post #6
014zaG wrote: post #3

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> Why is the police of a single country authorized to investigate EU parliament members just because of the geographical location? The EU is not a nation. It doesn't have a police. Crimes do not take place on its territory, because it has none. So then it'll fall onto the Belgium (or French) police. Wrt to the rest: just asking questions, right?

> It doesn't have a police

It does, Europol. For this case, considering there were raids in multiple different countries within Europe, they probably were involved.

Re: Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe

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Post by Y-bar »

Deukhoofd wrote: post #13
tgv wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why is the police of a single country authorized to investigate EU parliament members just because of the geographical location? The EU is not a nation. It doesn't have a police. Crimes do not take place on its territory, because it has none. So then it'll fall onto the Belgium (or French) police. Wrt to the rest: just asking questions, right?

> It doesn't have a police It does, Europol. For this case, considering there were raids in multiple different countries within Europe, they probably were involved.

Europol is more like Interpol than FBI in that it has no executive power, it's primary purpose is coordination among national police forces which will conduct actual raids and arrests.

Re: Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe

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Post by benterix »

cursor_it_all wrote: post #5

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>> Authorities suspect that Huawei lobbyists have paid bribes to MEPs in return for backing their cause in the European Union.

> Isn’t that the cost of doing business in the EU?

No, it's not. If you represent a business there is an official way to express your stance and lobby for your cause but bribing MEPs is a criminal offence (both for the perpetrator and those who receive personal benefits).

Re: Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe

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Post by amarcheschi »

jisnsm wrote: post #17
cjfd wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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European politicians are superhuman and are way above bribes and such inferior, unsophisticated things. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/10/i-aske...

Being in better shape doesn't mean perfect. While not being perfect, i don't think equating the corruption in EU organization is even remotely comparable to whatever the hell Trump is doing by buying teslas at the white house. The most important man of the world manages to be now seen as a con man, which is not exactly what you're looking for in a leader (And yes, i do blame von der leyen for some of her scandals as well).

I do give that the comment you're answering to is unnecessary rude

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