Qatargate: Belgian MEP Maria Arena questioned - Europe.com. Last July, 280 thousand euros in cash were found at her son's house.
Arena, very close to the repentant former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri, believed to be the soul of the alleged corruption plot within the European Parliament. The interrogation took place without the request for the lifting of parliamentary immunity. (HANDLE) . Belgian socialist MEP MariaArena was questioned by investigators today as a suspect in the Qatargates investigation.