Prime Minister Robert Abela's remarks following the news that Belgian police are investigating Labour MEP Daniel Attard are "out of place and grossly prejudice the normal course of law enforcement," Repubblika said in a statement on Tuesday. Repubblika said that the Prime Minister described the subject of the police investigation as "a small matter"
The investigation over MEP Daniel Attard’s meeting with a lobbyist for a Chinese tech company at a football match is a “very minor issue,” Robert Abela said on Tuesday, adding that he has “complete trust” in his integrity. The Labour MEP was named in a bribery investigation by Belgian police, with investigators asking for his parliamentary immunity
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. The Times of Malta reports that Labour MEP Daniel Attard has been named in an investigation by Belgian police into a meeting with a Huawei lobbyist at a football match last year. It also reports that the alleged suppliers of the bomb which killed Daphne Caruana Galizia offered €1,500
The Nationalist Party has said that PL MEP Daniel Attard is already trying to “shift the blame onto his assistant” after it emerged that Belgian authorities are seeking to question him in relation to an ongoing bribery probe. Belgian authorities have filed a request to question Attard as part of a wider investigation involving allegations of bribery
Maltese MEP Daniel Attard has been named in an investigation by the Belgian police over a meeting with a Huawei lobbyist at a football match last year. Huawei is at the centre of a fresh scandal following reports that lobbyists representing the Chinese tech titan bribed members of the European Parliaments. The probe centers on an invitation Attard
Labour MEP Daniel Attard has been named in an investigation by Belgian police over his meeting a Huawei lobbyist at a football match last year, with investigators asking for his parliamentary immunity to be lifted. Last month, investigators raided several offices across Europe as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct by lobbyists working
Belgian authorities have filed a request to question Labour Party MEP Daniel Attard as part of a wider investigation involving allegations of bribery by Chinese technology company Huawei. In a letter sent to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, which Attard uploaded to his social media account, the PL MEP requested that his European Parliament