#Qatargate confronts us with a grim reality many of us have been warning about for a long time—
authoritarian third countries are actively trying to infiltrate the European Union, and our safeguards are not up for the task
We need to take immediate & determined action
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1602320361948848128
Qatar did not silence us & never will—
I was one of the negotiators who pushed through a critical resolution on their World Cup of Shame, denouncing human rights violations & deaths of workers. It was difficult, because both S&D and EPP were against it
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1602320368139657221
Sadly, malign foreign influence is not new. Viktor Orban has been acting as a Trojan horse of Russia, China & other authoritarians in the Council. Vetoing on their behalf, undermining EU interests
Will his gleeful trolling be followed by news that he canceled his trip to Doha?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1602320383104925697
First thing’s first:
- we need an urgent debate & a comprehensive investigation
- suspension of work on all related filed
- and a major overhaul of the EP’s ethics and lobbying systems, as well as vetting of foreign policy personnel
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/katka_cseh/status/1602320364872560641