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"en.20020228.4.4-060"2
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"We voted for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Charles Pasqua, accused, with Jean-Charles Marchiani, of illegal arms trading, influence peddling and illegal campaign financing. The courts are looking into the financing of the list he headed in the elections to the European Parliament and the ‘Demain la France’ movement, which appear to contain sums of unknown origin exceeding the legal ceiling. Amongst his fellow candidates was a ‘housewife’ residing in Gabon and also an African Elf oil emirate, at the heart of the African casino and gaming networks, who appear to have provided a ‘contribution’ of FRF 7.5 million. It is not the place of Members of Parliament to stand in for the courts, nor to pass judgment on the substance of the case. However, it is their responsibility to waive an immunity that would prevent the courts from carrying out their investigation independently and from finding out the truth of the matter, all the more so since this is a matter which deals with the election to the European Parliament. Do we want to add, to a Berlusconi mixed up in a multitude of scandals and a Chirac taking advantage of his presidential status to escape the law, a Pasqua who is ‘immune’ from any suspicion of illegal financing from African business deals? Italian judges are calling for a new ‘clean hands’ operation; European judges are calling for a European power of investigation and a coordination of their resources to fight against money laundering and financial crimes. To refuse them the freedom to conduct an investigation into a Member of Parliament would be to create a Europe of impunity."@en1
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