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"en.20050412.25.2-150"2
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"Taxpayers’ money must always be handled with the greatest respect. Elected representatives must of course comply with established regulations.
It should be up to elected representatives to decide how appropriations for carrying out their mandates are best used. What literature and which newspapers they read cannot be subject to someone else’s control. Nor should other politicians ever be able to decide what telephone conversations are justified, or politicians be required to reveal whom they consult or talk with. They need to be able to protect their sources and contacts among the electorate. In the light of this, we have voted against the demands for annual audits of MEPs’ office expenditure allowances. In the case of one item, we have, for technical reasons, been forced to vote in favour of an annual audit because we support the requirement that the deficit of the European Parliament’s pension fund should not be covered by public funds.
A majority of the Members of the European Parliament should never be given scope to influence other elected representatives’ ability to represent their parties or their countries. Swedish MEPs are responsible to Swedish voters for their actions and not to political opponents in other countries. We have therefore voted against Parliament being able to suspend MEPs."@en1
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