'Criminal abuse' of expenses by Euro-MPs

[Sweetpea]

A secret European Parliament report has uncovered "extensive, widespread and criminal abuse" by Euro-MPs of staff allowances worth almost £100 million a year.

Senior Euro-MPs and European Union officials have tried to hush up an internal audit that found severe problems and endemic misuse of funds worth at least £98.4 million a year, more than £125,000 for each of the 785 Euro-MPs.

Such is the extent of the abuse found in a sample group of 167 Euro-MPs that "terrified" parliamentary authorities have shrouded the report in secrecy and security.

Harald Rømer, the secretary-general of the European Assembly, was asked late on Monday night by Hans-Gert Pöttering, its president, and a group of senior Euro-MPs, to take measures to ensure that there was no "collateral damage" from the report.


'Criminal abuse' of expenses by Euro-MPs - Telegraph


Comments please.

[poppy]

How do these people keep getting away with all this, whatever happened to freedom of information and open and honest government
(I know contradiction in terms) that they keep telling us we have?

[easyg]

What else can you expect from an unelected body such as those Eurocrats. Mind you we have much the same problem in this country, and they are supposed to be our elected democratic representatives

[Sweetpea]

I think most of them probably go into politics honest, but very soon get corrupted by the power.

[easyg]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I think most of them probably go into politics honest, but very soon get corrupted by the power.

Well you should know about power corrupting Sweets (Administrator)whipmi

[Sweetpea]

You don't like me much do you? Are you Pie in disquise?

[easyg]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

You don't like me much do you? Are you Pie in disquise?

Don't be silly Sweetpea, of course I like you. If I didn't, I would be over polite. Its because I like you that I take the pee sometimes. I certainly would never like to upset youxxxx