MEPs are set to discuss new rules for their pension scheme, amid accusations that millions from public funds are spent on their personal pension contributions.
Around two thirds of parliamentarians (485) currently belong to a voluntary pension scheme, provided by the European Parliament. Under its rules, MEPs pay monthly about a thousand euro as their personal contribution to a pension fund run by the Parliament's questors.
However, these personal payments to the pension scheme a...
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