Frank Engel (Photo: European Parliament)
BRUSSELS, Belgium ”“ In a recent interview with MEP Frank Engel of Luxembourg, the Budapest Beacon asked Engel about the Azerbaijani Laundromat revelations, Hungary’s connection to the laundromat, and Hungary’s controversial decision to extradite convicted axe-murderer Ramil Safarov back to his native Azerbaijan.
Engel explained that this scandal’s effect in the European political establishment will be seen once PACE has concluded its internal inquiry, which is expected to finish by the end of this year. He also added that the Azerbaijani Laundromat proves once again that you could buy politicians.
During the interview, the MEP admitted that he closely followed what the Laundromat revealed about the case of Ramil Safarov.
“Well, under normal circumstances I would have said I could not believe it. Under normal circumstances”¦ But since I knew what kind of Hungarian government had come into office in 2010, I wasn’t that surprised. And my first thought, of course, knowing Azerbaijan, was that they (the Hungarian government) had been bought,”
