A top MEP [Member of the European Parliament] has been suspended from her party after police launched an investigation into alleged illicit lobbying activities by Qatar
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Qatar is accused of targeting officials “with a significant political and/or strategic position” at the Parliament, sending them “substantial amounts of money”
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Belgian investigators are looking into whether Qatar sought to influence positions in the Parliament in ways that “go beyond classic lobbying”
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[The MEP], one of the parliament’s 14 vice-presidents, recently called Qatar a “frontrunner in labor rights” after meeting with the country’s labor minister
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Searches carried out as part of the inquiry resulted in the seizure of roughly 600,000 Euros ($632,000) in cash