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Mr President, let me say very briefly that I believe this statute is a transparent work. It changes a situation which, while I do not know whether it was privilege-ridden in the way that Mr Martin has just said, was certainly unacceptable in principle. Is it normal, in fact, that one Member of Parliament should earn seven or eight hundred euros while another earns ten to twelve times that amount, if not more? Is it normal in any administration or in any service that the system for reimbursing expenses should be entirely devoid of transparency?
I therefore believe that the transparency introduced by this statute is understood by the public, because people do not understand how anyone buying a flight ticket can be reimbursed ten times the actual value of the ticket. That is what people cannot understand. Consequently, if this situation is changed, that in itself, I believe, is an important step.
For my own part, let me say plainly that I do not want anyone to indulge in demagogy now with this Members’ Statute. It is all to the credit of your Parliament that it has adopted this statute or will adopt it tomorrow. I believe it deserves thanks for that, for the efforts of all concerned."@en1
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