Qatargate: the European Parliament wants to strengthen its internal rules

The European Parliament has always prided itself on being an open institution, at least one of the most open in the EU.

If we judge by the measures that Roberta Metsola will present this Thursday, January 12 to the presidents of the nine political groups, this should be less the case in the future.

In a document written for them, the President of the European Parliament proposes a 14-point plan in response to “Qatargate”.

A first turn of the screw whose objective is to "

" and who, "

" while the corruption scandal with which Qatar and Morocco would be associated splashes the institution.

In the sights of this plan, former MEPs, representatives of non-EU countries, lobbyists and NGOs.

While the former elected Pier Antonio Panzeri is suspected by the courts of being the instigator of Qatargate and has been sleeping in prison for a month, the focus is on the activities…

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