
Qatargate Is Back—New Hearings Set for This Week
A former Commission advisor warned that the system is “built to prevent change.”

A former Commission advisor warned that the system is “built to prevent change.”

As vice president of the delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, Tarabella took a favorable view of Qatar, in spite of its poor human and workers’ rights record.

The Qatargate scandal is set to expand to Morocco and elsewhere, as an alleged ex-MEP ringleader makes a plea deal with Belgian authorities.

Kaili’s defense team maintains that their client is innocent and was never bribed, as she “did not know about the existence” of the €150,000 in cash found in her Brussels apartment.

Most MEPs who have found themselves in the crosshairs of investigators are members of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) grouping in the European Parliament.