EU parliament suspends work on files involving Qatar
The European Union’s parliament has voted to suspend work on all files involving Qatar, and called for security passes for representatives of the Gulf country’s interests to be withdrawn until light can be shed on a corruption scandal rocking the assembly. The commitments came in a resolution voted through in Strasbourg, France, by 541 in favour to two against, with three abstentions. In Brussels, the assembly’s other main seat, Parliament President Roberta Metsola said the work under review includes an agreement to allow Qataris with biometric passports to have short visa-free stays in the EU. The heads of two charity groups were also charged: Giorgi’s former boss, Pier Antonio Panzeri, who leads the Fight Impunity campaign group and is a former member of the EU parliament, and Niccolo Figa-Talamanca, secretary-general of the non-governmental organization No Peace Without Justice. Workers walk to the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar in December 20, 2019.
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