'Qatargate' is just the tip of the iceberg: the EU has been lobbied by repressive regimes for decades
To the average person, Qatargate is shocking: the idea that elected officials would take actual bribes from one of the most repressive regimes in the world, in exchange for playing down serious human rights violations?
But to those of us who have been working for years to cast a light on EU corruption, this latest scandal is not a shock, or even a surprise; it's just the tip of ...
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Already a member? Login hereLucy Hall and Hans Van Scharen are researchers for Corporate Europe Observatory, an NGO monitoring corporate lobbying in Brussels.
Lucy Hall and Hans Van Scharen are researchers for Corporate Europe Observatory, an NGO monitoring corporate lobbying in Brussels.