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European parliament hit by new scam allegations

Deputies in the European Parliament have been accused of falsifying their signatures in order to be eligible for a daily allowance of 262 euro.

According to German news magazine Die Stern, there were differences between those signatures used to obtain the allowance and original signatures given by MEPs.

The magazine says the administration in the European Parliament suspected that some MEPs send "dummies" to sign for their money for them.

Roger Vanhaeren, a highly placed civ...

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