Re: The Caring Socialist EU... not !
Wow, talk about self-interest!
How about getting their own house in order first rather than picking on the most vulnerable EU citizens?
To start with, although it is but a drop in the ocean compared to what the EU provide in the Aid, they need to first go through their own extravagances first and foremost.
To begin with, they could do without the ridiculous ‘’EU travelling circus’’ that takes place for 4 days every single month from Brussels to Strasbourg. I believe they use two or three lorries just to carry all the paperwork, plus the exclusive charter use of two express trains for all staff, plus transport for all 751 of its MEPs. There is a saving of about 103 million per year.
If the EU plan to cut the European aid to the most deprived by 50 percent and apportion it onto the governents of each individual EU state to start providing 2 billion Euro annually, ( it is the desire by the EU that individual states will provide that plus double more), they are seriously deluding themselves. It is a known fact that most of the recipients of this aid are Eastern European citizens, whose governments haven’t a hope in hell of providing the same level of aid as the EU Deprivation Aid budget does.
The EU to its eternal shame, should be using every avenue to cut the disgraceful and obscene extravagances it awards itself and its MEP'S and staff, and start thinking of helping those member states citizens that are doing without.
By not doing so, they cannot help but be seen as living on a different planet and it’s a case of ‘’close the hatches’’ when it comes to themselves having to do without first.
Strange (NOT) how the European Court also declared that MEP's expenses must remain a 'secret' as it would be a data breach if disclosed. How convenient, even though these same expenses are paid for by every single tax paying EU citizen!