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Antonio Panzeri
Pier Antonio Panzeri (born 6 June 1955) is an Italian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. In December 2022, in connection with the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament, Panzeri was arrested and charged with corruption, money laundering and directing a criminal organisation. The following month, he entered into a plea bargain, in which he admitted his guilt and revealed information about the alleged criminal network in return for a lighter sentence.
Panzeri was born in Riviera d'Adda, province of Bergamo. Between 1995 and 2003, he was General Secretary of the Milan Chamber of Labour.
Panzeri became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2004 elections when he represented the Democrats of the Left in the North-West constituency. He later represented the Democratic Party and Article One. During his three terms in the European Parliament, he was a member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (2004–2009) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group (2009–2019).
From 2009 until 2019, Panzeri served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). In 2014, he also joined its Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI). In this capacity, he was also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.
In addition to his committee assignments, Panzeri served as chairman of the parliament's delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union. He was previously a member of the delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (2009–2014) and for relations with the United States (2004–2009). He was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights. He was also part of the Elie Wiesel Network of Parliamentarians for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and against Genocide Denial.
In September 2019, Panzeri founded a human rights NGO in Brussels, Fight Impunity. The organisation had a number of well-respected board members and honorary board members, who resigned after Panzeri's arrest and were not implicated in criminal activity. The organisation's mission statement was:
The aim of Fight Impunity is built on the necessity to promote the fight against impunity for serious violations of human rights and crimes against humanity having the principle of accountability as a central pillar of the architecture of international justice.
Fight Impunity failed to file accounts or register with EU's Transparency Register.
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Antonio Panzeri
Pier Antonio Panzeri (born 6 June 1955) is an Italian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. In December 2022, in connection with the Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament, Panzeri was arrested and charged with corruption, money laundering and directing a criminal organisation. The following month, he entered into a plea bargain, in which he admitted his guilt and revealed information about the alleged criminal network in return for a lighter sentence.
Panzeri was born in Riviera d'Adda, province of Bergamo. Between 1995 and 2003, he was General Secretary of the Milan Chamber of Labour.
Panzeri became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2004 elections when he represented the Democrats of the Left in the North-West constituency. He later represented the Democratic Party and Article One. During his three terms in the European Parliament, he was a member of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (2004–2009) and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group (2009–2019).
From 2009 until 2019, Panzeri served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). In 2014, he also joined its Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI). In this capacity, he was also a member of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament's election observation missions.
In addition to his committee assignments, Panzeri served as chairman of the parliament's delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union. He was previously a member of the delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (2009–2014) and for relations with the United States (2004–2009). He was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) and of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights. He was also part of the Elie Wiesel Network of Parliamentarians for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities and against Genocide Denial.
In September 2019, Panzeri founded a human rights NGO in Brussels, Fight Impunity. The organisation had a number of well-respected board members and honorary board members, who resigned after Panzeri's arrest and were not implicated in criminal activity. The organisation's mission statement was:
The aim of Fight Impunity is built on the necessity to promote the fight against impunity for serious violations of human rights and crimes against humanity having the principle of accountability as a central pillar of the architecture of international justice.
Fight Impunity failed to file accounts or register with EU's Transparency Register.
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