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Centre-right German MEP Rainer Wieland (r) at an event in 2012 on transparency. Wieland voted to support only a minimal reform of the MEPs' monthly office expense system (Photo: Transparency International EU Office)

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How eight MEPs overruled 540 colleagues on office expenses

The European Parliament has 751 members, each of whom receive a monthly allowance of €4,416 to cover office expenses.

For 2018, the total bill for this lump sum, known as the general expenditure allowance (GEA), comes to €40m. No receipts are kept and scrutiny is minimal.

On 25 October 2017, the parliament adopted a resolution (with a majority of 414 MEPs) saying there should be more transparency regarding how the money is spent.

The plenary asked for three things: that the...

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Centre-right German MEP Rainer Wieland (r) at an event in 2012 on transparency. Wieland voted to support only a minimal reform of the MEPs' monthly office expense system (Photo: Transparency International EU Office)

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