Time to tighten the EU's belt?
We're in Europe looking at how expensive it is to run.
The EU wants a budget increase of up to 6%, while its nation states are currently making
Vicky Ford, the Conservative Spokesman on Economic and Monetary Affairs and eastern region MEP, has tabled an amendment to the EU budget, asking it to be sensitive to the fiscal situation.
"EU institutions like this one must not be immune to their citizens' pain," she told the parliament.
But she was disappointed that her call for restraint was chucked out.
David Campbell Bannerman, an eastern region MEP for thesaid: "This place is really behaving as if there is no recession and it is so detached from the democratic wishes of the peoples of Europe, it's not really surprising."
All these MEPs trudged back from Strasbourg to Brussels the following day.
At our expense.
Welcome to the political blog for the East. I'm Deborah McGurran, the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Political Editor for the region. From Lowestoft to Luton, this is the place for politics with an eastern twist.
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