Qatar’s Baleful Influence Goes Far Beyond the Latest EU Scandal
Buying influence, funding terrorism, and spreading disinformation and anti-Semitism.
December 21, 2022
Qatar’s Baleful Influence Goes Far Beyond the Latest EU Scandal
Buying influence, funding terrorism, and spreading disinformation and anti-Semitism.
On December 11, Belgian police arrested Eva Kaili—one of the EU parliament’s fourteen vice-presidents—on charges of “criminal organization, corruption, and money laundering” involving accepting funds from Qatar. Such criminal involvement might explain why Kaili recently termed the Gulf emirate, which employs tens of thousands of foreign workers as virtual slaves under appalling conditions, a “frontrunner in labor rights.” The small monarchy’s efforts to buy influence in the West are extensive. And that’s not all, writes Fiamma Nirenstein:
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