The European Parliament voted Thursday to stop legislative work related to Qatar and called for barring the country's representatives from the legislature after the Gulf state was tied to a corruption scandal where police seized more than €1.5 million ($1.6 million) in cash.
The parliament is reeling from an investigation after Eva Kaili, a vice president of the body, and Pier Antonio Panzeri, a former member, were arrested on money laundering and corruption charges. Belgian prosecutors said they're probing whether large sums of money were being paid to influence the decisions of parliament.
