The political group of the European People’s Party (EPP) at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday is debating the Milan public prosecutor’s office charges against former Chairman of the EPP Group, Italian politician Luca Volonte, with respect to receiving bribe from Azerbaijan.

Samvel Farmanyan, a member of the National Assembly of Armenia delegation to the PACE, wrote about the abovementioned on his Facebook account.

“Passions are boiling over at the EPP. The Azerbaijani lobby has thrown to the battle all of its clients that are exposed and are being exposed.

“Our contention is: PACE must appoint a special rapporteur-investigator on this matter, who in short order will report to the PACE about the corruption scandal that has questioned the EPP’s standing across Europe,” Farmanyan also wrote.

As reported earlier, the European Stability Initiative had issued a report, entitled The European Swamp (Caviar Diplomacy Part 2), which presents the revelations of corruption schemes organized by the Azerbaijani authorities, and which include dozens of high-ranking European politicians, such as Volonte as well as PACE President Pedro Agramunt.