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We have always expressed our opposition to the creation of a monthly ‘parliamentary salary’, set at the same rate for all Members of the European Parliament regardless of the countries and the people that they represent.
Members of the European Parliament are elected nationally and are – and must continue to be – accountable to their national electorates. The creation of a single ‘parliamentary salary’ financed by the EU budget and subject to a Community tax, forms part of a federalist concept of the mandate of Members of the European Parliament, with a view to turning the current ‘national Member of the European Parliament’ into a ‘European Member’.
The social situation in the different Member States also varies markedly. A monthly ‘parliamentary subsidy’ set at around EUR 7 000 (around 1 400 000 escudos) would undoubtedly lead to deep inequality and disparity between the salaries earned by workers, national politicians (such as Members of the Portuguese Parliament) and local politicians, especially in Portugal, and we find this utterly incomprehensible.
Furthermore, we wish to restate our commitment to pursuing the fight for strict accountability with respect to the Members’ use of resources to perform their duties."@en1
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