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"en.20130205.19.2-420-000"2
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"Mr President, I used to go back and tell my constituents that this was the institution that knew no cutbacks. In my first few years as an MEP the allowances just went up and up and up and up. We all got a new member of staff for Lisbon; the attendance allowance went up from EUR 296 to EUR 304 euros. I have already mentioned that the entertainment budget went up 82%; everything just went up and up and up.
As we go towards 2014 you decided to make some minor cutbacks, forgetting what you paid in the first few years. You ignored reality for far too long and now you are wondering what to do. You are making the poor staff here suffer through no fault of their own on account of your political meddling.
What about cutting Ms Ashton’s EEAS? What does it actually do? What about cutting that back? What about the shiny new offices for Mr Van Rompuy and Ms Cathy Ashton? And what about the bigger argument as to whether we should be here in Strasbourg?
And what about Fridays here in Strasbourg? There are still 80 to 100 MEPs that come here on a Friday morning and sign in and go home when there is no official business. That is about EUR 30 000 month; should that not be cut out for a start?"@en1
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