In a statement reported by Italian newswires, European Parliament Identity and Democracy Group chairman Marco Zanni blasted the corruption emerging in the so-called “Qatargate” investigation, and scolded the European Parliament for seeking foreign interferences to blame where there was none—that is, Russia, while being blind to real ones from Qatar.
Zanni stated: “It is essential for Parliament to take a strong and decisive stand, because unfortunately the attitude we have seen in the past and in the past months has not helped the institutions, with colleagues standing up as champions against foreign interference, even going so far as to fill an official report with allegations that are not always substantiated.” Zanni is referring to the witch hunt against his Lega party, with unproven allegations that the Lega had taken money from Russia.
