In the end, Qatar won – Tahrir

The Qatar national team certainly did not pass the group stages of the World Cup, but its diplomacy reached the final. The staging of the World Cup has brought dozens of heads of state and diplomats, at times, with contracts at stake, always gaining a bit more influence.

And Emmanuel Macron made two trips back and forth to Paris-Doha in the space of a few days to support the French national team, Wednesday in the semi-finals and Sunday in the final match. The chance to meet Emir Tamim Al Thani twice, briefly on Wednesday at Al Bayt Stadium, before the match against Morocco and then for a more in-depth interview on Sunday. Nor the resounding corruption scandal Qatar is a member of the European Parliament with bags of banknotes worth hundreds of thousands of euros and there has been no controversy for months on the fate of workers where environmental damage World Cup projects hindered rapprochement between the two countries. French president who hasTotally assumed“His trip to Qatar to support the French national team is a welcome pass.”correct organization»From the competition to the satisfaction of the authorities and the media