Overview
- A Belgian investigating judge issued a European arrest warrant linked to the 2022 Qatargate probe, Greek officials confirmed late Monday.
- Prosecutors allege the case ties Avramopoulos to a wider scheme that investigators say involved payments to influence EU officials.
- Avramopoulos denies wrongdoing, says he will not invoke parliamentary immunity, and says he will ask Greek courts to open an inquiry.
- Execution of the warrant depends on a vote in the Greek parliament to lift his immunity, making the decision a political as well as legal step.
- The case revives questions about Fight Impunity, the NGO that paid Avramopoulos about €73,000, and follows the 2022 Brussels raids that seized roughly €1.5 million in cash.