Just as the Brussels bubble was getting ready for the last push before the holidays, the biggest corruption story in the European Parliament's recent history broke last Friday.
Now, you're probably aware of the sordid top line; a number of parliament bigwigs, their assistants and family were implicated in a bribery scandal involving bags of cash and influence bought allegedly by Qatar and Morocco.
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Alejandro Tauber is Publisher of EUobserver. He is Ecuadorian, German, and American, but lives in Amsterdam. His background is in tech and science reporting, and was previously editor at VICE's Motherboard and publisher of TNW.
Alejandro Tauber is Publisher of EUobserver. He is Ecuadorian, German, and American, but lives in Amsterdam. His background is in tech and science reporting, and was previously editor at VICE's Motherboard and publisher of TNW.