Framing Corruption in the European Parliament: Shifting Narratives after the War in Ukraine
On 9 December 2022, Europe was shaken by images of cash-filled suitcases and the arrests of European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili and former MEP Antonio Panzeri. Quickly dubbed “Qatargate,” the operation exposed a cash-for-influence scheme, in which the governments of Qatar and Morocco allegedly bribed European co-legislators to promote their interests within the European Parliament […]

