The European Parliament chooses the socialist Marc Angel as a substitute for Eva Kaili, dismissed for the Qatar bribery plot

BRUSSELS, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The European Parliament has elected this Wednesday the Luxembourg socialist Marc Angel as vice president of the chamber to replace Eva Kaili, the also Greek socialist dismissed for her alleged involvement in the Qatar bribery plot and who is in preventive detention in Belgium.

In a process with several rounds of voting, Angel has prevailed over the candidacy of Annalisa Tardino, MEP for Matteo Salvini's League, and Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, French representative of Los Verdes.

The Luxembourg socialist will occupy the position of fifth vice-president in the Bureau of the European Parliament, which has an organization chart of 14 vice-presidents with different responsibilities.

In this way, the group led by the Spanish MEP Iratxe García has managed to retain this post, after the corruption scandal that has plagued its ranks. Before the vote, the Socialists defended Angel's candidacy as a way to "lead the reform process necessary to fight corruption and interference" in the Eurochamber.

The institution elected its fourteen vice presidents just a year ago for the two and a half years remaining in their mandate, a distribution that the groups negotiate every half term and that in this case has been respected so that the Socialists maintain this position.