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> Why is the police of a single country authorized to investigate EU parliament members just because of the geographical location?

The EU is not a nation. It doesn't have a police. Crimes do not take place on its territory, because it has none. So then it'll fall onto the Belgium (or French) police.

Wrt to the rest: just asking questions, right?

> It doesn't have a police

It does, Europol. For this case, considering there were raids in multiple different countries within Europe, they probably were involved.

Europol is more like Interpol than FBI in that it has no executive power, it's primary purpose is coordination among national police forces which will conduct actual raids and arrests.

Europol doesn't have its own enforcement agents, it's an organisation relying on national police forces to enforce its actions. It's a coordinator, not a full blown police force...

Why should Belgium not have jurisdiction over EU citizens living and working in their country? Why do you think this was not initiated via Europol?

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221210-belgium-makes-eu...

1) Because the crimes are alleged to have occurred in Belgium. That's how jurisdiction works.

2) This is the opposite of convenient. EU would prefer a good working relationship with China given the issues with the US.

3) It was started because there are allegations of corruption.

4) Because no crimes have been committed.

5) Why not ? BlackRock is a global investment bank. It's going to have employees.

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