Eurocrats to Stay the Gravy Train

MEPs vote to keep generous allowances
Financial Times, April 13 2005

"Members of the European parliament yesterday rejected reforms designed to clamp down on abuse of pension contributions and travel expenses as well as proposals to end their expensive commute between the parliaments in Brussels and Strasbourg."

"In another disappointment to the reformers, MEPs rejected a proposal from the Liberal group to create a code of professional ethics that would, for example, help clarify the links between MEPs and lobby groups."

Apparently, Brussels is starting to resemble Kremlin. No surprise, however. The continental Europe has a tendency towards totalitarian and non-transparent societies.