Following a series of searches that began on Friday, December 9, 2022, Belgian police detained various officials they suspected of accepting payments from Qatar, including MEP Eva Kaili of the Socialists and Democrats in Greece. The controversy sent shockwaves across the continent, raising questions about openness and influence in European politics.
Overall, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) produced 1,284 posts on the issue across Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube in less than a week. The Qatar scandal was therefore cited in one out of every ten social media posts published by MEPs between December 9 and December 14, 2022. EP Manon Aubry of The Left in the European Parliament in France was the politician who posted the most about the Qatar controversy, with a total of 67 social media publications mentioning the subject.
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Quorum Analytics. (January 1, 2023). Number of social media posts by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) referencing #Qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/
Quorum Analytics. "Number of social media posts by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) referencing #Qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022." Chart. January 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/
Quorum Analytics. (2023). Number of social media posts by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) referencing #Qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/
Quorum Analytics. "Number of Social Media Posts by Members of The European Parliament (Meps) Referencing #qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/
Quorum Analytics, Number of social media posts by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) referencing #Qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of social media posts by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) referencing #Qatargate from December 9 to 14, 2022 [Graph], Quorum Analytics, January 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361343/meps-social-media-posts-december-qatargate/