Brussels, 28/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament followed the suggestion of its rapporteur, Neil MacCormick, in refusing to lift the parliamentary immunity of the Rassemblement pour la France MEPs Charles Pasqua and Jean-Charles Marchiani (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.9). Some of the MEPs who voted in favour of lifting their immunity, the United Left MEPs Alain Krivine and Roseline Vachetta, have slammed the "serious" issues the two MEPs are suspected of (illegal arms trafficking in Cameroon, the Congo and Angola and using the funds raised for political purposes). The two Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire MEPs say that if most MEPs calling themselves convinced Europeans protect these so-called sovereignists from justice who have so often been involved in affairs in French-speaking Africa, that means that in reality, leaving aside their political speeches, they all share a vision of Europe where tax havens, arms-traffickers and oil companies reign supreme.