Qatargate
English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.Etymology
From Qatar + -gate.
Proper noun
Qatargate
- (neologism) The Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament.
- 2022 December 13, Marita Vlachou, “'Qatargate' Scandal Allegedly Involving Cash Bribes Rocks European Parliament”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 14 December 2022:
- 'Qatargate' Scandal Allegedly Involving Cash Bribes Rocks European Parliament
- 2022 December 16, “Tensions rise amid furor of Qatargate”, in Kathimerini:
- Tensions rise amid furor of Qatargate
- 2022 December 17, Joe Barnes Brussels, “Convicted far-left terrorist at heart of EU’s ‘Qatargate’ scandal”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- AN INFLUENTIAL member of the organisation at the heart of the “Qatargate” scandal in the European Parliament is a convicted terrorist.
- 2022 December 27, “Eva Kaili lawyer claims her innocence in Qatargate corruption scandal”, in Euronews:
- The lawyer of MEP Eva Kaili on Wednesday claimed her innocence in the so-called Qatargate corruption case that has shaken the European Parliament.
- 2022 December, Suzanne Lynch, “Anatomy of a scandal: How ‘Qatargate’ crisis shook EU to its core”, in Malta Business Review, number 90, page 17:
- Alleged corruption was not on the official agenda but Qatargate, as it had become known, overshadowed the gathering.
- 2022 winter, “2022 in events”, in BEE3, year 06, number 2, European School, Brussels III, page 13:
- December / EU Qatargate scandal: several EU politicians, including former MEPs Eva Kaili and Antonio Panzeri, are arrested under charges of corruption and money laundering.
- 2023 January 3, “Qatargate corruption scandal MEPS face losing immunity”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- THE president of the European Parliament has launched an “urgent procedure” to lift the immunity of two MEPS amid the Qatargate corruption scandal.
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