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"The June Movement has today chosen to vote neither in favour of, nor against, joint motion for a resolution no. RC-on the Members’ Statute.
The June Movement abstained from voting because Amendment No 1, which would have meant fully regulating the way in which travel expenses are reimbursed and have entailed far greater transparency, was voted down.
The present system, involving non-transparent and tax-free reimbursement of travel expenses, together with reimbursement of general expenses, is unacceptable. The present draft Members’ Statute does not, however, solve the problems satisfactorily.
It is not acceptable
for Danish MEPs’ remuneration to be increased by more than 50%;
for there still to be issued, alongside the reimbursement of actual travel expenses, a tax-free payment based on distance travelled and time spent on the journey;
and for the reimbursement of general expenses (at present approximately DKK 26 000 per month) still to be paid out tax-free without having to be accounted for.
Because of the very different national schemes for MEPs and the majority’s unwillingness to draw a line under tax-free schemes, it would be most appropriate to leave it to each individual Member State or to the relevant parties/movements in each individual Member State to draw up proper rules for their Members of the European Parliament."@en1
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