
European Policy Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 18, 2025
Abstract While there is an increasing interest in the role of emotions policy studies, not much known about how unfold one most emotional situations that can be encountered politics: political scandals. To investigate discursive articulation shapes responses to misconduct from a constructivist perspective, this article delves into shocking corruption scandals hitting European Union (EU) institutions decades: money‐for‐influence scandal, also popularly as Qatargate. The shows which Members Parliament (MEPs) expressed wake scandal and these shaped their regarding transparency accountability. This combines analysis 28 EP plenary debates with interviews six MEPs high‐level EU officials.
Language: Английский