EU Transport Chief Resigns Amid Free Qatar Flight Scandal.
Henrik Hololei, director general of the European Commission’s transport department, has resigned from his post following revelations that he accepted free flights on Qatar Airways while his team negotiated a major aviation deal with the Gulf state. Hololei faced an internal investigation into the flights and whether he was right to clear himself of any conflict of interest. The episode comes at a highly sensitive time for the EU, which is already battling to save its reputation amid a corruption scandal involving allegations that Qatar and other foreign governments paid MEPs and others to do their bidding in the European Parliament.