From the floor of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, a few hours ago, Nikos Androulakis stressed that "no one has the right to discredit European democracy" and underlined that "we have a duty to be the guardians of transparency and democracy and not examples to be avoided".
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The President of PASOK-Chimea Change congratulated the Belgian authorities for exposing this scandal, "unlike others who cover up scandals," he said specifically.
Androulakis explained how from the first moment he learned about this shocking case, he immediately proceeded to expel Ms. Kaili from the party.
"It is not enough to say that we are not all the same, but we have to prove it with our actions," he noted and pointed out that now is the time for action.
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He suggested in this direction:
-Any European official should be banned from becoming a lobbyist after the end of his term of office.
-As we have set up the special service to check the movable property of MEPs and their associates against malicious software to protect our democracy, tomorrow morning we should set up a special body to scrutinise the assets of MEPs and how they were acquired.
Nikos Androulakis stressed that these are two moves that will help to bring light and remove any shadow.
"We owe it to the citizens we represent. We owe it to the vision of a united Europe," the PASOK-Movement for Change president concluded.
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