The EU's finances
will be the subject of an interview I'll be recording in a few minutes. Mr Mardell has written on the subject.
1245 UPDATE: Just spoken to the guest, Terry Wynn - who suggest you might find helpful.
Jump to more content from this blog
About this blog
PM The evening news and current affairs programme presented by Eddie Mair.
iPM The programme that starts with its listeners. Join the discussions online and contribute ideas for a weekly programme presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey.
The PM Privacy Commission
Read the final report of the PM Privacy Commission.
- Full Audio and Transcripts
- Hugh Tomlinson QC
- Zac Goldsmith MP
- Max Mosley
- Stephen Abell
- Hugh Grant
- Sir Charles Gray
- Alan Rusbridger
- Helen Wood
- Max Clifford
- Marcus Partington
- John Kampfner
- Christopher Graham
- Louise Mensch
- Andy Trotter
- John Mullin
- Avril Sanders Royle
- Jimmy Wales
Meet the commissioners, view the terms of reference and hear the Commission Chair Sir Michael Lyons explain his approach.
RSS feed
Email us
Listen to PM
It cost taxpayers £130 million each year for the European Parliament to shuttle between Brussels and Strasbourg. That's One hundred and thirty MILLION pounds. It's a farce.
Ah yes, the ones that nobody has ever produced an acceptable account of, that are completely messed up so that nobody has any idea where the money has really been going? That's not exactly news, but as olds go it's worth remembering each year, I guess. Good for you.
£130 million a year, eh? That's a part of the small £130 milion per week it costs us to belong. Dunno why there's so much worry about a small £120 million fine if we don't recycle enough. If we recycle EU directives, would that solve the problem? Aren't most EU commissoners recycled politicians?
I suspect they shuttle between those 2 places via their home towns, which is why it costs so much.
Much as I'm a Europhile, what with travelling there for work and pleasure, I have to say that the Brussels Strasbourg to-and-fro-ing is loudicrous. It is obscenely wasteful in terms of finance, not just because of the travel, but also the upkeep on the two sites, etc. Add in the environmental damage caused by all the travelling and it is beyond justification. Time for all the other countries within the EU to stand up to the vested interests (*cough*France*cough) and end this farce...