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surely within EU you shouldn't need a court ruling ?MEP fights extradition from Italy to Belgiumt's the corruption scandal stinking up the EU.
Suitcases filled with euros seized in Brussels flats. A number of MEPs locked up behind bars awaiting trial.
And now a battle over extradition between Belgian investigators and Italian judges.
Andrea Cozzolino, an MEP for Southern Italy since 2009, stands accused of taking bribes from foreign countries to influence the European Parliament - allegations he denies.
He is one of four current and former MEPs wrapped up in the Qatargate investigation, which centres around allegations that Qatar and Morocco paid a group based in Brussels to sway EU lawmakers.
Qatar has vehemently denied any wrongdoing, while Morocco has hit back at "judicial harassment" and "media attacks".
On 11 April judges will decide whether Mr Cozzolino, 60, will leave house arrest in the southern Italian city of Naples and be taken to a Belgian prison under a European Arrest Warrant.
But his lawyer has told the BBC the prosecutors are trying to "see if he cracks", and demands more details about the allegations against Mr Cozzolino - as well as reassurances his client's health won't suffer in a Belgian jail.