''Austerity stops at the doors of the European Parliament''

From Spectrezine

"Last week the radical left and EU-critical Dutch Socialist Party used its single seat in the European Parliament to propose that Members of the European Union’s only elected body show solidarity with millions of suffering people in the twenty-seven member states by making some modest cuts in the institution’s budget. In his speech proposing the cuts, Dennis de Jong made the point that ”throughout Europe we’re seeing spending cuts, except for within the European Parliament itself.”  His modest proposal was, he said, to take “a firmer grip on MEPs’ spending and put a stop to double reimbursements."

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