The European Parliament has passed the new statute for its members, scrapping the pay discrepancies among the MEPs and flat-rate travel allowances.
In a vote at a plenary mini-session in Brussels on Thursday (23 June), MEPs supported the new rules by 403, with 89 votes against and 92 abstentions.
The statute provides the same salary - around 7000 euro - for all the deputies, which will be paid out from the EU budget.
The figure means a considerable boost for the members fro...
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