On December 9, the European bubble was burst with a reality check: the scandal of payments from third countries to the Union for top-level political decision-makers made headlines in the international press with the first arrests, especially of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, the Helena Social Democrat Eva Kaili. Although it was not the only foreign country, the plot has already become known as Qatargate. In response, Brussels assumed the general stupor before some institutions that at a stroke saw their honor plummet with each arrest by the Belgian Police, and the president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola promised that there will be no impunity nor will the problems be hidden… See more