# Parliament leaders tighten urgency human-rights resolutions after Qatargate

Date: 2023

In January 2023, in the weeks after Qatargate, Parliament political leaders under [Metsola](/people/gov-roberta-metsola)’s chair imposed a strict word limit on urgency resolutions, a channel historically used for third-country rights cases. Human Rights Watch called it the wrong response. A procedure change is a completed internal act, not a finding that every NGO was a Qatari front.

## People

- Roberta Metsola: https://factrail.ai/people/roberta-metsola

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/18/european-parliament-wrong-response-qatargate-scandal
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-metsola-urgency-limit-2023