Hungarian green party would exclude her from the European Parliament

Opposition LMP considers it “unacceptable” that former vice president of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, who was involved in a corruption scandal affecting the EP and has since been replaced, should return to the legislative body as a representative, Örs Tetlák, a member of the party’s board, said on Saturday.

Qatargate showed that what is in Europe can work badly, in an opaque and anti-democratic manner, Tetlák said. “According to the viewpoint of greens, we must create a union that rightfully calls to account the democratic principles of the individual member states; transparency must be increased, real debates must be conducted within the union and in the European institutions,” he added.

Tetlák said debates should be held regarding harmful lobbying, asset declaration procedures, travel reimbursements, daily allowances and the elimination of rules that help and maintain opacity. Without these debates anti-EU voices get stronger and pointless, endless debates come to the fore, he said.

Tetlák said that according to reliable information, Eva Kaili, who is suspected of bribery, could return to the EP as a representative. “We greens consider it an extreme mistake and extremely harmful if this happens,” he said, adding that, at the same time, European politics must be freed from the “claws” of the industrial and fossil energy lobby.