Qatar is the second largest exporter of LNG. They can do what they want and it seems like a stupid mistake if they were indeed bribing EU politicians in cash...

Qatar is the second largest exporter of LNG. They can do what they want and it seems like a stupid mistake if they were indeed bribing EU politicians in cash... That being said, earlier this year there was a story here in the UK about King Charles once receiving 1 million in cash (in a shopping bag!) from the Gulf as 'charity donation'... so perhaps EU politicians should setup more charities. Edit: in fairness, the cash donation to Charles' charity was correctly booked and reported in the charity's accounts and so nothing much happened when the story broke. But bags of cash do tend to raise eyebrows and the conclusion was that it'd be best not to accept them in the future...