European Parliament President Pat Cox has come under pressure to stop using private chartered flights.
According to the Hamburg-based magazine Stern, Mr Cox chartered a private plane five times in 2003 and three times in 2002.
This is, however, not according to the rules, reports Stern.
One month ago the Parliament's administration proposed to amend the internal rules on travel expenses to explicitly allow for the hiring of charter planes and to take into account Mr Cox's "c...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.