Greek MEP removed from office amid corruption investigation

Parliament vice president Eva Kaili will appear in court with three associates after police probing corruption find €1.5m in cash

Eva Kaili will be charged on Wednesday alongside three associates with 'participation in a criminal organisation, money laundering and corruption'. File picture: Menelaos Myrillas/SOOC/AFP/Getty

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to remove one of its 14 vice-presidents from office following a cash-for-favours corruption scandal engulfing EU politics.

Eva Kaili, a Greek socialist MEP, once regarded as the epitome of youth and dynamism in the European Parliament, will face a judge in Brussels tomorrow, Wednesday, alongside three others, charged with “participation in a criminal organisation, money laundering and corruption”.