Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Eva Kaili and Francesco Giorgi had left nothing to chance. The duo that would later…
Read more How Eva met Francesco: The golden couple at the heart of Europe’s Qatargate scandalPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. STRASBOURG — The European Parliament’s response to Qatargate: Fight corruption with paperwork. When Belgian police made sweeping…
Read more The EU’s reply to Qatargate: Nips, tucks and paperworkPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The European Commission is rewriting its rules on staff travel expenses after POLITICO revealed that a top…
Read more EU tightens ethics rules for staff as Qatar controversy growsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The European Parliament’s Socialists are warily eyeing their colleagues and assistants, wondering which putative ally…
Read more Shock, anger, betrayal: Inside the Qatargate-hit Socialist groupPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. In February 2020, Eva Kaili, the European Parliament’s high-flying vice president, was on stage at the five-star…
Read more How Qatar used a secret deal to bind itself to the EU ParliamentBRUSSELS — The EU was “scared” of Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon during the European parliamentary election in 2019 — but those fears are gone ahead…
Read more EU to Steve Bannon: You don’t scare us … anymorePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. They’re dazzlingly rich, and they expect to be in charge for a long, long time. The monarchs…
Read more How Gulf tensions drove Qatar to seek friends in BrusselsPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The “Qatargate” corruption scandal rocking the European Parliament is “dramatic and damaging for the credibility of the…
Read more Corruption scandal ‘damaging’ to EU credibility, says Charles MichelPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — A Moroccan secret service agent, identified as Mohamed Belahrech, has emerged as one of the…
Read more The Moroccan spy at the heart of the Qatar investigationLionel Barber is former editor of the Financial Times (2005-20) and Brussels bureau chief (1992-98) There is nothing quite like a European political scandal involving Belgian cops, an…
Read more Qatargate is déjà vu all over againQatar criticized the European Parliament for banning the Gulf state’s representatives at the institution, warning that this “discriminatory” move could harm broader EU-Qatari cooperation where the bloc is…
Read more Qatar slams EU corruption accusations, puts energy cooperation in doubtPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For years, they’ve locked horns with EU leaders who accuse them of flouting the rule of law,…
Read more European far-right cheers over Qatar corruption scandal
