6 ms·

European Parliament VP in Prison

46 points by spapas82 4y ago

seydor 4y ago
Better summary of what happened: https://www.politico.eu/article/eva-kaili-doha-panzeri-qatargate-what-just-happened-at-the-european-parliament/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eva-kaili-doha-panzeri-qatar...
- oblak 4y ago
  I am somewhat surprised this site has some actual European news now. Last time I tried, which was about an year ago, at least 90% of the content US/UK stuff.
  - chki 4y ago
    That's strange. I'm reading policito.eu for quite some time and they are definitely one of the top channels for receiving EU related news and also focus very much on EU news. (Which makes sense, since they also have politico.com for US-related news)
  - red_trumpet 4y ago
    Well, UK is a part of Europe[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
    - bjornsing 4y ago
      Not any more. Those lucky bastards managed to escape. :P The EU I mean. :)
  - usr1106 4y ago
    General news that are on TV mostly do not belong to this site. Not that I watch TV, but I am sure the EU parliament corruption scandal has been there. It has been in all news here since Friday. I guess in the US it did not make any big headlines. Whether it belongs into HN for that reason I don't know. The submission guidelines don't seem to address the fact that TV news don't cover the same topics globally.
thatwasunusual 4y ago
Previously discussed here[1] and here.[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932422 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33933279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33933279
- seydor 4y ago
  that was before, now they have been charged
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
kzrdude 4y ago
Best to make a difference between detention before trial and imprisonment.
- pulse7 4y ago
  True, but she was caught with "bags of money"...
Proven 4y ago
[dead]
dreen 4y ago
The speed of this situation unfolding makes me wonder if it was known for a while and arrests were timed for the world cup for maximum damage.
- f1shy 4y ago
  This kind of theories imply there are a relative large number of well organized, intelligent people behind it… I tend to doubt such a group of people exists, specially in this context.
- DemocracyFTW2 4y ago
  As I know the theory is mostly that world cups and similar events are good times to pass unpopular laws and so on since everyone's attention is drawn to the sports event.

46 points by spapas82 4y ago

Better summary of what happened: https://www.politico.eu/article/eva-kaili-doha-panzeri-qatargate-what-just-happened-at-the-european-parliament/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eva-kaili-doha-panzeri-qatar...

oblak 4y ago
I am somewhat surprised this site has some actual European news now. Last time I tried, which was about an year ago, at least 90% of the content US/UK stuff.
- chki 4y ago
  That's strange. I'm reading policito.eu for quite some time and they are definitely one of the top channels for receiving EU related news and also focus very much on EU news. (Which makes sense, since they also have politico.com for US-related news)
- red_trumpet 4y ago
  Well, UK is a part of Europe[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
  - bjornsing 4y ago
    Not any more. Those lucky bastards managed to escape. :P The EU I mean. :)
- usr1106 4y ago
  General news that are on TV mostly do not belong to this site. Not that I watch TV, but I am sure the EU parliament corruption scandal has been there. It has been in all news here since Friday. I guess in the US it did not make any big headlines. Whether it belongs into HN for that reason I don't know. The submission guidelines don't seem to address the fact that TV news don't cover the same topics globally.

thatwasunusual 4y ago

Previously discussed here[1] and here.[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33932422 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33933279 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33933279

seydor 4y ago
that was before, now they have been charged
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

kzrdude 4y ago

Best to make a difference between detention before trial and imprisonment.

pulse7 4y ago
True, but she was caught with "bags of money"...

Proven 4y ago

[dead]

dreen 4y ago

The speed of this situation unfolding makes me wonder if it was known for a while and arrests were timed for the world cup for maximum damage.

f1shy 4y ago
This kind of theories imply there are a relative large number of well organized, intelligent people behind it… I tend to doubt such a group of people exists, specially in this context.
DemocracyFTW2 4y ago
As I know the theory is mostly that world cups and similar events are good times to pass unpopular laws and so on since everyone's attention is drawn to the sports event.