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Originally Posted by Mick
Well you said the EU is transparent - I provided an example of where they were not being at all transparent and then it uses it's Judicial power to put a block on challenging any further requests - this is total corruption!
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Well detailed expenses claims are an invasion of privacy. If you can establish a pattern of where someone eats, which hotels they use, they could be targeted in any number of ways. It doesn’t necessarily imply corruption without knowing what internal auditing they use and how robust this is.
I’d certainly prefer all politicians, at UK and EU level to simply have flat rate allowances deemed “reasonable” and pay anything else from their salaries. When you see the ridiculous claims put in by our MPs, for example, wallpaper you know if it came out a flat rate allowance they’d have found something cheaper.
I’m expected to commute to work on my own dime so I don’t see why they can’t they factor this into the salary of further afield MEPs.