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Although my party, the Dutch Socialist Party, has always supported the ambition to achieve a Members’ Statute, we asked the Dutch Government as long ago as at the end of 2002, ultimately as part of this statute, to reject in the Council the excessive monthly salary of EUR 8 600 for MEPs, as determined by Parliament. Such a salary attracts the wrong people for the role of MEP. An increase is totally indefensible at a time when many people are laid off and social security is being halted. I am surprised at the eagerness with which Social Democrats and Greens are tabling amendments aimed at getting the Member States to accept the Members’ Statute at this stage, without indicating that the salaries mentioned in the statute are excessive. Similarly, I certainly do not support the use of Parliament’s funds to secure funding for European political groups – the object being to sidestep the Commission's objections. For the time being, the EU still has a surplus of funding available if we put an end to the incidents of major underspending, the useless prestige project Galileo that has been overtaken by the competition, the waste of agricultural subsidies to large companies, the military plans and the costly frauds. This does not justify politicians seizing the right to spend this surplus on themselves."@en1
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