Political authorities often place themselves unbearably close to scandalous organizations such as Fifa or the IOC. The EU/Qatar affair has shown that anyone who wants to remain credible needs to keep their distance from organized sport.
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Thomas Kistner
The Belgian police had a lot to do last Friday. They arrested all sorts of suspects around Eva Kaili, the Vice President of the European Parliament, and seized millions of dollars in cash. This is said to have flowed from Qatar in order to make the policy of the European Union (EU) more balanced for the current World Cup organizer.