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Josef Kelnberger and Oliver Meiler, Brussels/Rome
Eva Kaili probably had no idea that her speech would go down in parliamentary history when she took the lectern of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on November 21st of this year with such verve. It was about the football World Cup in Qatar, the parliament was preparing a resolution and the overwhelming part of the house condemned this tournament. The left side of the House in particular spoke of “shame” given the human rights violations in Qatar. But not the social democrat Eva Kaili, 44, a vice president of the High House.