Greek MEP stripped of EU vice-president role amid Qatar scandal

MEPs vote to remove role from Eva Kaili, one of four charged in corruption and bribery investigation

The European parliament has voted to strip a Greek MEP implicated in a bribery and corruption scandal of her role as one of the body's vice-presidents.

MEPs voted by 625 votes to one, with two abstentions, to remove Eva Kaili as one of the parliament's 14 vice-presidents, following a decision in favour of the move by the assembly's senior leaders.