In 2009, the EU spent £400 million on projects marked ‘Confidential’. There’s no graft involved – just acute and chronic silliness. One of these outlays involved a circus troupe performing “spectacular belching” and “smelly foot” jigs. An official in Brussels commented, “This is a very small amount of money and I am sure there are reasons why this is confidential.”
The EU will this year spend almost £1 billion on pensions, giving the average retired official an income of almost £60,000, according to research carried out by the Telegraph. The UK’s contribution will be £135 million. A British diplomat said: “Pay and pensions in EU institutions must reflect the very difficult decisions which are being made right across Europe.”
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