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Shadow lobbying is an E.U. open secret in its cash suitcase scandal

The shock within institutions sidesteps the root problem: widely accepted shadow lobbying in the European Union.

The European Parliament is grappling with one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit Brussels.
The European Parliament is grappling with one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit Brussels. (AN/Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

BRUSSELS (AN) – In a fiery speech, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola expressed her anger at the Qatari cash-and-influence peddling probe unfolding in her midst.

"Make no mistake. The European Parliament, dear colleagues, is under attack. European democracy is under attack. And our way of open, free, democratic societies are under attack," Metsola told the Parliament.

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