Any member who retires after completing his term will not be able to enter the European Parliament for 6 months.
The proposal is being considered by European Parliament President Roberta Metsula and a management committee comprising 14 vice-presidents of the Parliament to protect the Parliament from issues like Qatar Gate.
In this proposal called ‘Plan to keep things cool and the heat after office’, it is said that whenever a member of the European Parliament completes his term, he should not be allowed to enter the Parliament for the next 6 months and if he comes to the Parliament If desired, he should be given a visitor’s pass.
According to sources, the proposal has been made to prevent Parliament from becoming a victim of corruption through lobbying by former MEPs.
The upcoming proposal also emphasizes that if a member takes part in any corporate activity, he should also be registered.
It should be noted that this proposal has come out after a former member of the European Parliament, Antonio Panzeri, was involved in the ‘Qatar Gate’.
Antonio Panzeri retired from Parliament in 2015, but he continued to visit the European Parliament. Later in 2019, he formed an organization called Stop Impunity and allegedly continued to lobby MPs from its platform.
He was later accused of corruption and the Belgian police arrested six people including him and recovered a large sum of cash from him, including Eva Kelly, the well-known vice-president of the European Parliament, and several members of parliament. Officials of big institutions have had to leave their posts.
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