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MEPs receive a monthly office allowance, but are not held accountable how they spend it (Photo: EUobserver)

MEPs may scrap call for scrutiny on allowances

Members of the two largest political groups in the European Parliament have tabled an amendment that would weaken a call for greater scrutiny on the way MEPs spend their office allowances.

The amendment will be put to the vote on Wednesday (29 April) as part of a wider vote which would sign off the European Parliament's 2013 budget.

Each of the 751 MEPs receives a monthly “general expenditure allowance” of €4,299, to cover the cost of office(s), computers, telephones, and other of...

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MEPs receive a monthly office allowance, but are not held accountable how they spend it (Photo: EUobserver)

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