This would certainly explain a great deal in terms of why so many Western officials are supine in the face of the global jihad, and adamantly opposed to doing anything about it.
“Middle Eastern countries are buying up Europe’s politicians? New report shows Polish MEP Sikorski was paid $500,000 by United Arab Emirates,” by Grzegorz Adamczyk, Remix News, February 10, 2023:
The rich Gulf countries have been on a spending spree for years with Europe’s top politicians, and it was not just Qatar that was in on the action. In fact, many nations, such as the United Arab Emirates, are not relying on illicit bribes in suitcases full of cash, but instead are setting up entirely legal foundations and NGOs and then paying out politicians hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time.
Now, a new report from Dutch newspaper NRC details how Poland’s former foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, who is currently an MEP, has been receiving $100,000 per year from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), totaling $500,000 over the past five years.
He has earned this huge sum of money by being a member of the Advisory Council to the Sir Bani Yas Forum, an exclusive conference that is part of the UAE’s soft power diplomacy and is closed to the media.
In light of the Qatargate bribery scandal, money flowing from oil- and gas-rich Gulf countries into the pockets of EU politicians is being called into question, along with the various benefits and lobbying from a variety of countries within Europe’s institutions.
The ex-foreign minister has also traveled to the UAE at the Middle East state’s expense and has not declared this fact in his financial disclosure to the European Parliament, according to a report from Polsat News.
In his letter to NRC editors posted on Twitter, Sikorski argues that he had no obligation to report that travel, as it was not carried out in an official capacity. He also argued that he never made any secret of the fact that he was paid for being a member of the advisory council within the UAE’s forum and that he has paid his taxes in full on that income.
Sikorski says that the Sir Bani Yas Forum is a highly respected conference held in the Middle East and that the Advisory Council to the forum includes a former Australian prime minister, an ex-foreign secretary of Britain, and a former deputy of the secretary general of the United Nations.
He also refutes that his activities in the advisory council have in any way influenced the way he has been voting in the European Parliament. He points to the fact that on all matters relating to either the UAE or Saudi Arabia, he has always voted in line with positions taken by the European parliamentary caucus he is a member of, the European People’s Party (EPP)….
Sikorski is reported to have been attempting to lobby Donald Tusk for a place on the liberal’s list in the coming Polish parliamentary elections and is rumored to be interested in returning to his former post of foreign minister. Sikorski has also harbored ambitions to be an EU commissioner responsible for foreign policy or of being the head of NATO. He has also on two occasions attempted to become his party’s candidate for president of Poland.
Keys says
We need a 6 column list of those “bought and paid for politicians”.
Date-Payee-Payer-Amount-Reason for Payment-Deposit made at:
A list of payments to Universities, Corporate Executives, etc. would be great too.
GreekEmpress says
Totally agree, Mr. Keys. And I bet the list of “elite captures” would be truly astounding. Arab money, Chinese money—all going to politicians both here and abroad.
Keys says
Thanks for your reply, GreekEmpress.
The betrayal for money is “astounding”!
gannon says
What is the link with jihad here? the UAE is considered a jihadist nation?
Linde B. says
To gannon- please see my answer
to you of Feb. 12 at 9:54 pm.
Thank you!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
It had been in the past, but ever since the Abraham Accords, there has been a perception that they’ve changed. However, given their vote in the UN on the 75th anniversary of Israel that condemned the ‘naqba’ establishment of Israel, I am still suspicious about them
P.S. We got rid of the automatic WordPress login? I sorta liked that one
Mark Spahn says
“He also refutes that his activities in the advisory council have in any way influenced the way he has been voting in the European Parliament.”
The meaning of “refute” is “disprove”. This is probably not what the writer meant. The verb “rebut” (= “argue against”) would be a better replacement for “refute”. Is there a better way to express this? “denies”?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
‘Denies’ would have been the best word here. ‘Refutes’ doesn’t quite mean ‘disprove’: it means to contradict. Both refute and rebut imply that the initial charge is responded to, but deny simply implies a non-confirmation
Rob (Robin) Blair Harris says
That’s the missing link. I’ve wondered for years why European leaders are so supine in the face of Muslim atrocities. Not even murder of British MPs going about their constituency work are sake.
Now Frau Merkel – full disclosure please!
Phil Copson says
Murdered MP David Amess was Chairman of a Parliamentary group of MPs dedicated to “deepening the ties between the United Kingdom and Qatar” – (read into that what you will….) -which somewhat moderates my sympathy.
Linde B. says
Bribery disguised as “rewarding those foreign statesman with exemplary global viewpoints.” These jihad loving governments are in no way dumb. But some people are not fooled! The great rock group “Queen” sang “Another one bites the dust, and another one gone and another one gone…”
Linde B. says
To gannon- I Googled the question: “Is the UAE considered a jihadist nation”? I went to a Wikipedia article and copied these sentences for you to read:
“The UAE has been listed as a place used by
investors to raise funds to support militants
in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the financing of the September 11th attacks. Businesses based in the UAE have been implicated in the funding of the Taliban and the Haqqani network.” 😈
(The Haqqani network is described as the lethal arm of the Taliban.)
So it appears that the UAE does not like
jihad terror in its own country but does not
object to and probably supports jihad terror
in other places! No surprise here. This is also hypocritical and shows duplicity-which is
deliberate deception. 😈
OLD GUY says
They are not just buying politicians in Europe, they are buying politicians through out western countries.
Muslim/Islamic countries are also buying your Universities and Colleges, Corporations and Media, wherever they can get leverage to promote their ideology and undermine our societies.
Just look at the BIG push for ISLAMOPHOBIA laws being introduced in Europe, Canada and the United States.
Pekin59 says
Old Guy…you Sir are spot on!!