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Huawei Scandal: Belgium Backtracks on MEP Immunity Request
- Belgian prosecutors withdrew their request to lift Italian MEP Giusi Princi's immunity linked to the Huawei corruption probe on Thursday.
- The investigation follows allegations that Huawei used corporate hospitality and gifts to influence MEPs from 2021 through 2024, sparking multiple immunity waiver requests.
- Five MEPs, including Princi, Martusciello, De Meo, Attard, and Minchev, face scrutiny for attending events such as football matches at Huawei-hosted corporate boxes they say they did not know were company invitations.
- Princi stated she was not involved in the allegations, denying attendance at a 25 June 2024 Brussels meeting and claiming she was with family instead, supporting this with documents.
- The withdrawal of Princi’s immunity request signals procedural steps in the probe, while the European Parliament awaits a committee vote on other MEPs’ immunities to allow formal investigations.
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How to Buy the Well-Being of the European Parliament's Chinese IT Companies. Microphones at Anderlecht Stadium, Rented by Huawei
The Belgian secret services have put microphones in a shop at the RSC Anderlecht football stadium, rented by the Chinese tech giant Huawei and used it to "language" members of the European Parliament.
MEPs Likely to Lose Immunity in Huawei Corruption Scandal
On 21 May 2025 the President of the European Parliament announced that the Belgian authorities had requested the waiver of immunity for five members of the European Parliament. The MEPs whose immunities are now challenged are Fulvio Martusciello, Giusi Princi, Daniel Attard, Nikola Minchev and Salvatore De Meo. Their immunities were requested to be waived in connection with the Huawei cash-for-influence scandal. The procedure, which may end in t…
Huawei Case: Belgium Withdraws Request for Waiver of Immunity of an Italian MEP
The Belgian authorities withdrew their request to waive the immunity of an Italian MEP in the context of an investigation for corruption involving the Chinese giant of Huawei technology, announced the European Parliament on Thursday. ...
Huawei Case: Five MEPs Targeted by a Request for Waiver of Immunity
The elected representatives targeted by the Belgian justice system are Daniel Attard, a Maltese social democrat, Nikola Minchev, a Bulgarian from the Renew (liberal) group, as well as Salvatore De Meo, Fulvio Martusciello and MEP Giusi Princia, all three Italian elected members of the EPP (right).
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