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Soccer clubs, luxury hotels, television channels. Qatar presents itself to the public as a cosmopolitan country, as a sponsor of sport. The reports and documentaries of the English channel Al Jazeera are mainly about the repression of minorities and human rights violations. Anywhere else in the world, of course.
The station prefers to put aside the precarious conditions of foreign invited workers when building the mega stadiums for the 2022 World Cup. Qatar has grown rich mainly through gas sales and, thanks to an investment fund of more than 300,000 million euros, the emirate can draw on unlimited resources. In Europe, Qatar buys luxury hotels like the Bürgenstock in Switzerland, acquires stakes in airports, Qatar, for example, owns 20 percent of Heathrow airport or is a major investor in Volkswagen.
Regardless of who had won the Champions League final, Qatar would have had reason to celebrate, as it generously sponsors the two finalists (Bayern, Paris Saint Germain) and even owns PSG.
