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Originally posted by MagiK:
EU Politicians vote themselves a 30% pay increase.
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If you are referring to the changes in wages from the European Parliamentarians, you should know that the salary was previously dependant on how much a parliamentarian was paid in the land of origin. Meaning that (for instance) a Euro Parliamentarian from Hungary, would get about 9000 Euros a year, while his/her Italian counterpart earned up to 130 000! Now, all Euro Parliamentarians get 100K a year. Some face decreasing salaries, while the pay checks of those from poorer memberships may gain a few numbers.
Also, the parliamentarians will soon have to pay a 20% income tax to the Union, in addition to the taxes they're already paying to their respective national government.
[ 12-19-2003, 04:07 PM: Message edited by: Dreamer128 ]